proffered, ppl. a.
(ˈprɒfəd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Offered for acceptance.
| c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 513 Swich profred seruyse Stynketh, as witnessen thise olde wyse. 1539 Taverner Erasm. Prov. (1552) 27 Profered ware stynketh. Seruyce y{supt} is wyllyngly offered is for moost parte to be suspected. a 1591 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 75 The very best worthy do refuse proffered promotion. 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 4/2 Most commonly, proferede witnesse is reprehendable. 1687 Dryden Hind & P. iii. 766 Methinks such terms of proffer'd peace you bring, As once æneas to th' Italian king. 1777 Watson Philip II (1793) II. xiii. ii. 155 The conditions annexed to the proffered indemnity. 1868 E. Edwards Ralegh I. xxi. 464 The Dean refused the proffered mitre. |
† 2. Attempted; offered, as an injury. Obs.
| 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 322 Through the proferred iniuries of naughtie people. |