† reˈproffer, v. Obs. rare.
[re- 5 a.]
intr. Of a stag: To turn back into the water again.
| 1486 Bk. St. Albans E vij, Therfore it is (Profre) as thyse hunters sayne And (Reprofre) yf the same waye he torne agayne. 1602 2nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. ii. v. 907 The Hart presently discended to the Riuer, and being in the water, proferd, and reproferd, and proferd againe. |