† outˈproffer, v. Obs.
[out- 18.]
trans. To proffer or offer more than, to outbid.
1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxv. 253 The kynge called before hym, the .ii. munkis seuerally, & eyther out proferyd other;..Than the kynge called [the third] and asked if he wolde geue any more than his bretherne had offered to be abbot. |