单词 | proffered |
释义 | profferedadj. 1. That has been offered or proposed. In early use esp.: that has been offered without having been asked for; unsolicited (and hence engendering suspicion). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [adjective] > offered profferedc1395 presented1563 offered1667 tendered1883 c1395 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 1066 Swich profred [v.rr. profered, proferd, propferd] seruyse Stynketh. a1475 Visio Philiberti (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 22 (MED) I se proferd serves stynkit. a1591 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 75 The very best worthy do refuse proffered promotion. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 4/2 Most commonly, proferede witnesse is reprehendable. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 258 If you fondly passe our proffer'd offer. View more context for this quotation 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 116 Methinks such terms of proffer'd peace you bring As once Æneas to th' Italian King. 1747 R. Colvill Britain i. 18 To tempt the ruffian savage from his woods, By proffer'd gold excited to commit..crimes of monstruous guilt. 1799 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 291 These [verses] I meant to have returned you with some proffered smoothifications. 1823 Q. Rev. 28 502 The proffered service of the Theophilanthropist lecturers. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxi. 464 The Dean refused the proffered mitre. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 33 In face of these proffered allurements, however, Jon had remained undecided. 1973 R. Angell in New Yorker 17 Sept. 129/1 Both of them..utterly ignored the proffered bona fides, and the marriage very nearly expired on the spot. 1994 Judicature Mar. 258/3 Making intelligent inquiries into the basis for proffered expert testimony on scientific techniques. ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 322 Through the proferred iniuries of naughtie people. 1640 A. Hart Alexto & Angelica 109 Valiant to revenge their Mistresses proffered injuries. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. Scotl. (1655) 102 He was inconstant..in setting at liberty the man who would prove his Executioner, and one who would never forget any profer'd injury. 1705 Johnson's Hist. Seven Champions Christendom (new ed.) I. xiv. sig. N2 For which inhumane Dealing, and proffered Injuries, the Heavens enforce me to a speedy Revenge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1395 |
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