"proffer" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "proffer letter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "profre",
        "t": "act of offering or presenting a gift; offer of something; challenge; sacrifice; act of petitioning or requesting; petition, request; proposal, suggestion; idea, thought; attempt, effort; appearance; (law) payment to the Exchequer by a sheriff or other officer of estimated revenue due to the monarch"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English profre (“act of offering or presenting a gift; offer of something; challenge; sacrifice; act of petitioning or requesting; petition, request; proposal, suggestion; idea, thought; attempt, effort; appearance; (law) payment to the Exchequer by a sheriff or other officer of estimated revenue due to the monarch”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "profer, profere, proferre, proffer, proffre, profir, profire, propfer, propher, profur, profure, profyr, profyre",
        "otherforms": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "profrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin profrum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "puruoffrus"
      },
      "expansion": "puruoffrus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "proferum",
        "t": "payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">puruoffrus</i>), offer to convict a criminal"
      },
      "expansion": "proferum (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also puruoffrus), offer to convict a criminal”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "etymon"
      },
      "expansion": "etymon",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "profre"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman profre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proffre"
      },
      "expansion": "proffre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "porofre",
        "t": "payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal"
      },
      "expansion": "porofre (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "prouffer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English prouffer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "prouffre"
      },
      "expansion": "prouffre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "profren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English profren",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "profer"
      },
      "expansion": "profer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "proffere",
        "t": "to offer, propose; to deliver, hand over, present; to take up; to volunteer; to dedicate; to attempt, try; to risk; to challenge; to provide; to ask, invite; to proceed, start; to grant; to argue"
      },
      "expansion": "proffere (“to offer, propose; to deliver, hand over, present; to take up; to volunteer; to dedicate; to attempt, try; to risk; to challenge; to provide; to ask, invite; to proceed, start; to grant; to argue”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "profere, proferen, profern, proferi, proferre, proffer, proffir, proffre, proffyr, profir, profire, profor, profre, profri, profur, profry, profyr, profyre, propfer, propfre, propher",
        "otherforms": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "profrer"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman profrer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "proferer"
      },
      "expansion": "proferer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "profferer"
      },
      "expansion": "profferer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "proffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "propherer"
      },
      "expansion": "propherer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proufrir"
      },
      "expansion": "proufrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "proferir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French proferir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "proffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "profrir",
        "t": "to offer, propose; to present; to volunteer"
      },
      "expansion": "profrir (“to offer, propose; to present; to volunteer”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "puroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman puroffrir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "poroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French poroffrir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "paroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "paroffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "poroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French poroffrir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "paroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "paroffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "porofrir"
      },
      "expansion": "porofrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "por-"
      },
      "expansion": "por-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "pur-",
        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect"
      },
      "expansion": "pur- (prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "offrir"
      },
      "expansion": "offrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "ofrir",
        "t": "to offer"
      },
      "expansion": "ofrir (“to offer”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "offrir",
        "t": "to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)"
      },
      "expansion": "French offrir (“to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*offerīre"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *offerīre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "offerre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin offerre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "present"
      },
      "expansion": "present",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "active"
      },
      "expansion": "active",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "infinitive"
      },
      "expansion": "infinitive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "offerō",
        "t": "to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice"
      },
      "expansion": "offerō (“to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ob-",
        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘against; towards’"
      },
      "expansion": "ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ferō",
        "t": "to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward"
      },
      "expansion": "ferō (“to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-",
        "t": "to bear, carry"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The noun is derived from Middle English profre (“act of offering or presenting a gift; offer of something; challenge; sacrifice; act of petitioning or requesting; petition, request; proposal, suggestion; idea, thought; attempt, effort; appearance; (law) payment to the Exchequer by a sheriff or other officer of estimated revenue due to the monarch”) [and other forms], and then:\n* partly from Late Latin profrum, proferum (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also puruoffrus), offer to convict a criminal”), and from its likely etymon Anglo-Norman profre, proffre, porofre (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal”), and\n* partly from the verb.\nThe verb is derived from Late Middle English prouffer, prouffre, Middle English profren, profer, proffere (“to offer, propose; to deliver, hand over, present; to take up; to volunteer; to dedicate; to attempt, try; to risk; to challenge; to provide; to ask, invite; to proceed, start; to grant; to argue”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman profrer, proferer, profferer, proffrir, propherer, proufrir, and Old French proferir, proffrir, profrir (“to offer, propose; to present; to volunteer”), variants of Anglo-Norman puroffrir and Middle French poroffrir, paroffrir, Old French poroffrir, paroffrir, porofrir, from por-, pur- (prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect) + offrir, ofrir (“to offer”) (modern French offrir (“to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)”)). Offrir is derived from Vulgar Latin *offerīre, from Latin offerre, present active infinitive of offerō (“to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice”) (from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + ferō (“to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”))).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "proffers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "proffer (plural proffers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "prof‧fer"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 15",
          "text": "\"Oh no,\" she refused demurely at their proffer of coffee. \"I can't do that now. I-I — I don't know if Jo's told you our good news! Perhaps a glass of milk.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 December 29, Carol Vaughn, “Atlantic Town Center Lawsuit Goes before a Judge”, in Delmarva Now, Salisbury, Md., archived from the original on 2019-12-28",
          "text": "He said a reversionary proffer – saying the property would revert to its prior zoning if certain benchmarks were not met by the developers – was brought up in a conceptual discussion in a pre-application meeting in May 2014 with the developers, but did not progress beyond that.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender."
      ],
      "id": "en-proffer-en-noun-N1PeCV8z",
      "links": [
        [
          "offer",
          "offer#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "made",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
        ],
        [
          "acceptance",
          "acceptance"
        ],
        [
          "tender",
          "tender#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "proposition"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predloženie",
          "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "предложение"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "aanbod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Angebot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "profferta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predloženije",
          "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "предложение"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "propozycija",
          "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пропозиція"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "An attempt, an essay."
      ],
      "id": "en-proffer-en-noun-F~ODGQP5",
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "essay",
          "essay#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) An attempt, an essay."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɒfə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɑfɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒfə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-proffer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-us-proffer.ogg/En-us-proffer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-us-proffer.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "profre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "proffre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "proffer"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "profferable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "profferer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "profre",
        "t": "act of offering or presenting a gift; offer of something; challenge; sacrifice; act of petitioning or requesting; petition, request; proposal, suggestion; idea, thought; attempt, effort; appearance; (law) payment to the Exchequer by a sheriff or other officer of estimated revenue due to the monarch"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English profre (“act of offering or presenting a gift; offer of something; challenge; sacrifice; act of petitioning or requesting; petition, request; proposal, suggestion; idea, thought; attempt, effort; appearance; (law) payment to the Exchequer by a sheriff or other officer of estimated revenue due to the monarch”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "profer, profere, proferre, proffer, proffre, profir, profire, propfer, propher, profur, profure, profyr, profyre",
        "otherforms": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "profrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin profrum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "puruoffrus"
      },
      "expansion": "puruoffrus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "proferum",
        "t": "payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">puruoffrus</i>), offer to convict a criminal"
      },
      "expansion": "proferum (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also puruoffrus), offer to convict a criminal”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "etymon"
      },
      "expansion": "etymon",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "profre"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman profre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proffre"
      },
      "expansion": "proffre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "porofre",
        "t": "payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal"
      },
      "expansion": "porofre (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "prouffer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English prouffer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "prouffre"
      },
      "expansion": "prouffre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "profren"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English profren",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "profer"
      },
      "expansion": "profer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "proffere",
        "t": "to offer, propose; to deliver, hand over, present; to take up; to volunteer; to dedicate; to attempt, try; to risk; to challenge; to provide; to ask, invite; to proceed, start; to grant; to argue"
      },
      "expansion": "proffere (“to offer, propose; to deliver, hand over, present; to take up; to volunteer; to dedicate; to attempt, try; to risk; to challenge; to provide; to ask, invite; to proceed, start; to grant; to argue”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "profere, proferen, profern, proferi, proferre, proffer, proffir, proffre, proffyr, profir, profire, profor, profre, profri, profur, profry, profyr, profyre, propfer, propfre, propher",
        "otherforms": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "profrer"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman profrer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "proferer"
      },
      "expansion": "proferer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "profferer"
      },
      "expansion": "profferer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "proffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "propherer"
      },
      "expansion": "propherer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proufrir"
      },
      "expansion": "proufrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "proferir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French proferir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "proffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "profrir",
        "t": "to offer, propose; to present; to volunteer"
      },
      "expansion": "profrir (“to offer, propose; to present; to volunteer”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman puroffrir",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle French poroffrir",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
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      "expansion": "paroffrir",
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      "expansion": "Old French poroffrir",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      "expansion": "paroffrir",
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      },
      "expansion": "porofrir",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      "expansion": "por-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect"
      },
      "expansion": "pur- (prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      },
      "expansion": "offrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "ofrir",
        "t": "to offer"
      },
      "expansion": "ofrir (“to offer”)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "offrir",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *offerīre",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin offerre",
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      "args": {
        "1": "present"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "active"
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "offerō (“to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘against; towards’"
      },
      "expansion": "ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ferō",
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      },
      "expansion": "ferō (“to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "*bʰer-",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "The noun is derived from Middle English profre (“act of offering or presenting a gift; offer of something; challenge; sacrifice; act of petitioning or requesting; petition, request; proposal, suggestion; idea, thought; attempt, effort; appearance; (law) payment to the Exchequer by a sheriff or other officer of estimated revenue due to the monarch”) [and other forms], and then:\n* partly from Late Latin profrum, proferum (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also puruoffrus), offer to convict a criminal”), and from its likely etymon Anglo-Norman profre, proffre, porofre (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal”), and\n* partly from the verb.\nThe verb is derived from Late Middle English prouffer, prouffre, Middle English profren, profer, proffere (“to offer, propose; to deliver, hand over, present; to take up; to volunteer; to dedicate; to attempt, try; to risk; to challenge; to provide; to ask, invite; to proceed, start; to grant; to argue”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman profrer, proferer, profferer, proffrir, propherer, proufrir, and Old French proferir, proffrir, profrir (“to offer, propose; to present; to volunteer”), variants of Anglo-Norman puroffrir and Middle French poroffrir, paroffrir, Old French poroffrir, paroffrir, porofrir, from por-, pur- (prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect) + offrir, ofrir (“to offer”) (modern French offrir (“to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)”)). Offrir is derived from Vulgar Latin *offerīre, from Latin offerre, present active infinitive of offerō (“to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice”) (from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + ferō (“to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”))).",
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      "form": "proffers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proffering",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "proffered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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        "past"
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      "args": {},
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    }
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    "prof‧fer"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "prolate"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "profer"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to proffer friendship, a gift, or services",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1665, [“Blind Harry”], chapter I, in The Life and Acts of the Most Famous and Valiant Champion, Sir William Wallace, Knight of Ellerslie, Maintainer of the Liberty of Scotland. […], Glasgow: Printed by Robert Sanders, […], →OCLC, 6th book, page 105",
          "text": "Thou proffers me of thy wages to have: / I thee defy, power, and all the leave, / That helps thee here of thy ſtout nation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1776, “Chap. XVII. Of Theft.”, in Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, transl., A Code of Gentoo Laws, or, Ordinations of the Pundits, […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, section II (Of the Fines for Open Theft), page 244",
          "text": "If a Man, proffering to ſell Grain for Seed, ſhould ſell Grain which is not fit for Seed, the Magiſtrate ſhall chaſtiſe him, and take a Fine according to the Offence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1816, Thomas Malory, “How King Arthur, after that He had Achieved the Battle against the Romans, Entered into Almaine, and so into Italy”, in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britain; with His Life and Death, and All His Glorious Battles. […] In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for Walker and Edwards; […], →OCLC, page 171",
          "text": "Thou proud knight, what profferest thou me so boldly? here gettest thou no prey; thou mayest prove when thou wilt, for thou shalt be my prisoner, or thou depart.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1843, William H[ickling] Prescott, chapter III, in History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization. And the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, author’s authorised edition, volume I, London: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, book III (March to Mexico), page 153",
          "text": "They were to assure the strangers of a free passage through the country, and a friendly reception in the capital. The proffered friendship of the Spaniards was cordially embraced, with many awkward excuses for the past. The envoys were to touch at the Tlascalan camp on their way, and inform Xicotencatl of their proceedings. They were to require him, at the same time, to abstain from all further hostilities, and to furnish the white men with an ample supply of provisions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1900s?], H[onoré] de Balzac, translated by James Waring, Cousin Betty (La Cousine Bette), New York, N.Y.: The Federal Book Company, →OCLC, page 383",
          "text": "Your daughter Célestine has too strong a sense of her duty to proffer a word of reproach.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Philippa Gregory, “Windsor Castle, Winter 1454”, in The Lady of the Rivers (The Cousins’ War), London: Simon & Schuster",
          "text": "The queen rises up and takes Edward from me, and proffers the sleeping child to the king. He shrinks away. 'No, no. I don't want to hold it. Just tell me. Is this a girl or a boy?'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of."
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          "offer",
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        ],
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          "give",
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        ],
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          "make",
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          "tender",
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        ]
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        "(transitive, reflexive) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predlagam",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "word": "предлагам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "word": "aanbieden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "word": "offrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "word": "anbieten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "word": "proporre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "word": "praebeō"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "roman": "predlagátʹ",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "предлага́ть"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "roman": "predložítʹ",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "предложи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "word": "ofrecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "proponuvaty",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "word": "пропонувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prostjahaty",
          "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
          "word": "простягати"
        }
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        "To attempt or essay of one's own accord; to undertake or propose to undertake."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To attempt or essay of one's own accord; to undertake or propose to undertake."
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to undertake",
          "word": "pogen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 94",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to undertake",
          "word": "entreprendre"
        }
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɑfɚ/",
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}

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    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
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      "word": "proffer letter"
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      },
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      "name": "nb..."
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "Late Latin profrum",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "expansion": "puruoffrus",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "proferum (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also puruoffrus), offer to convict a criminal”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman profre",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      "expansion": "proffre",
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "porofre (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal”)",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Middle English prouffer",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      "expansion": "prouffre",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Middle English profren",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "profer",
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "proffere (“to offer, propose; to deliver, hand over, present; to take up; to volunteer; to dedicate; to attempt, try; to risk; to challenge; to provide; to ask, invite; to proceed, start; to grant; to argue”)",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "proferer",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "profferer",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      "expansion": "proffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      "expansion": "propherer",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      "expansion": "proufrir",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "proffrir",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      "args": {
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        "3": "puroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman puroffrir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "poroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French poroffrir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "paroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "paroffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "poroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French poroffrir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "paroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "paroffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "porofrir"
      },
      "expansion": "porofrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "por-"
      },
      "expansion": "por-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "pur-",
        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect"
      },
      "expansion": "pur- (prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "offrir"
      },
      "expansion": "offrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "ofrir",
        "t": "to offer"
      },
      "expansion": "ofrir (“to offer”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "offrir",
        "t": "to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)"
      },
      "expansion": "French offrir (“to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*offerīre"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *offerīre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "offerre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin offerre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "present"
      },
      "expansion": "present",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "active"
      },
      "expansion": "active",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "infinitive"
      },
      "expansion": "infinitive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "offerō",
        "t": "to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice"
      },
      "expansion": "offerō (“to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ob-",
        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘against; towards’"
      },
      "expansion": "ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ferō",
        "t": "to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward"
      },
      "expansion": "ferō (“to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-",
        "t": "to bear, carry"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The noun is derived from Middle English profre (“act of offering or presenting a gift; offer of something; challenge; sacrifice; act of petitioning or requesting; petition, request; proposal, suggestion; idea, thought; attempt, effort; appearance; (law) payment to the Exchequer by a sheriff or other officer of estimated revenue due to the monarch”) [and other forms], and then:\n* partly from Late Latin profrum, proferum (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also puruoffrus), offer to convict a criminal”), and from its likely etymon Anglo-Norman profre, proffre, porofre (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal”), and\n* partly from the verb.\nThe verb is derived from Late Middle English prouffer, prouffre, Middle English profren, profer, proffere (“to offer, propose; to deliver, hand over, present; to take up; to volunteer; to dedicate; to attempt, try; to risk; to challenge; to provide; to ask, invite; to proceed, start; to grant; to argue”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman profrer, proferer, profferer, proffrir, propherer, proufrir, and Old French proferir, proffrir, profrir (“to offer, propose; to present; to volunteer”), variants of Anglo-Norman puroffrir and Middle French poroffrir, paroffrir, Old French poroffrir, paroffrir, porofrir, from por-, pur- (prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect) + offrir, ofrir (“to offer”) (modern French offrir (“to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)”)). Offrir is derived from Vulgar Latin *offerīre, from Latin offerre, present active infinitive of offerō (“to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice”) (from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + ferō (“to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”))).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "proffers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "proffer (plural proffers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "prof‧fer"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 15",
          "text": "\"Oh no,\" she refused demurely at their proffer of coffee. \"I can't do that now. I-I — I don't know if Jo's told you our good news! Perhaps a glass of milk.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 December 29, Carol Vaughn, “Atlantic Town Center Lawsuit Goes before a Judge”, in Delmarva Now, Salisbury, Md., archived from the original on 2019-12-28",
          "text": "He said a reversionary proffer – saying the property would revert to its prior zoning if certain benchmarks were not met by the developers – was brought up in a conceptual discussion in a pre-application meeting in May 2014 with the developers, but did not progress beyond that.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "offer",
          "offer#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "made",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
        ],
        [
          "acceptance",
          "acceptance"
        ],
        [
          "tender",
          "tender#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "proposition"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An attempt, an essay."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "essay",
          "essay#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) An attempt, an essay."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɒfə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɑfɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒfə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-proffer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-us-proffer.ogg/En-us-proffer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-us-proffer.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GA)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "profre"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "proffre"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predloženie",
      "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предложение"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aanbod"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Angebot"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profferta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predloženije",
      "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предложение"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "propozycija",
      "sense": "offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пропозиція"
    }
  ],
  "word": "proffer"
}

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    "English 2-syllable words",
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒfə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒfə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "profferable"
    },
    {
      "word": "profferer"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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      },
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      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "profrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin profrum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "puruoffrus"
      },
      "expansion": "puruoffrus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "proferum (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also puruoffrus), offer to convict a criminal”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "etymon"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman profre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proffre"
      },
      "expansion": "proffre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "porofre",
        "t": "payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal"
      },
      "expansion": "porofre (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English prouffer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "prouffre"
      },
      "expansion": "prouffre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English profren",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "profer"
      },
      "expansion": "profer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      },
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        "otherforms": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "proferer"
      },
      "expansion": "proferer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "profferer"
      },
      "expansion": "profferer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "proffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "propherer"
      },
      "expansion": "propherer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proufrir"
      },
      "expansion": "proufrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "proferir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French proferir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "proffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "proffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "profrir",
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      },
      "expansion": "profrir (“to offer, propose; to present; to volunteer”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "puroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman puroffrir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "poroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French poroffrir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "paroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "paroffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "poroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French poroffrir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "paroffrir"
      },
      "expansion": "paroffrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "porofrir"
      },
      "expansion": "porofrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "por-"
      },
      "expansion": "por-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "pur-",
        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect"
      },
      "expansion": "pur- (prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "offrir"
      },
      "expansion": "offrir",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "ofrir",
        "t": "to offer"
      },
      "expansion": "ofrir (“to offer”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "offrir",
        "t": "to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)"
      },
      "expansion": "French offrir (“to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*offerīre"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *offerīre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "offerre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin offerre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "present"
      },
      "expansion": "present",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "active"
      },
      "expansion": "active",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "infinitive"
      },
      "expansion": "infinitive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "offerō",
        "t": "to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice"
      },
      "expansion": "offerō (“to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ob-",
        "pos": "prefix meaning ‘against; towards’"
      },
      "expansion": "ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ferō",
        "t": "to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward"
      },
      "expansion": "ferō (“to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰer-",
        "t": "to bear, carry"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The noun is derived from Middle English profre (“act of offering or presenting a gift; offer of something; challenge; sacrifice; act of petitioning or requesting; petition, request; proposal, suggestion; idea, thought; attempt, effort; appearance; (law) payment to the Exchequer by a sheriff or other officer of estimated revenue due to the monarch”) [and other forms], and then:\n* partly from Late Latin profrum, proferum (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch (also puruoffrus), offer to convict a criminal”), and from its likely etymon Anglo-Norman profre, proffre, porofre (“payment to the Exchequer of estimated revenue due to the monarch; offer, proposal”), and\n* partly from the verb.\nThe verb is derived from Late Middle English prouffer, prouffre, Middle English profren, profer, proffere (“to offer, propose; to deliver, hand over, present; to take up; to volunteer; to dedicate; to attempt, try; to risk; to challenge; to provide; to ask, invite; to proceed, start; to grant; to argue”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman profrer, proferer, profferer, proffrir, propherer, proufrir, and Old French proferir, proffrir, profrir (“to offer, propose; to present; to volunteer”), variants of Anglo-Norman puroffrir and Middle French poroffrir, paroffrir, Old French poroffrir, paroffrir, porofrir, from por-, pur- (prefix meaning ‘to go through’ or having an intensifying effect) + offrir, ofrir (“to offer”) (modern French offrir (“to offer; to give as a gift; to open oneself up to (someone)”)). Offrir is derived from Vulgar Latin *offerīre, from Latin offerre, present active infinitive of offerō (“to offer, present; to exhibit, show; to expose; to cause, inflict; to consecrate, dedicate; to sacrifice”) (from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + ferō (“to bear, carry; to support; to endure; to bring forth; to put in motion; to move forward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”))).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "proffers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proffering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proffered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "proffered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "proffer (third-person singular simple present proffers, present participle proffering, simple past and past participle proffered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "prof‧fer"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "prolate"
    },
    {
      "word": "profer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to proffer friendship, a gift, or services",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1665, [“Blind Harry”], chapter I, in The Life and Acts of the Most Famous and Valiant Champion, Sir William Wallace, Knight of Ellerslie, Maintainer of the Liberty of Scotland. […], Glasgow: Printed by Robert Sanders, […], →OCLC, 6th book, page 105",
          "text": "Thou proffers me of thy wages to have: / I thee defy, power, and all the leave, / That helps thee here of thy ſtout nation.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1776, “Chap. XVII. Of Theft.”, in Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, transl., A Code of Gentoo Laws, or, Ordinations of the Pundits, […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, section II (Of the Fines for Open Theft), page 244",
          "text": "If a Man, proffering to ſell Grain for Seed, ſhould ſell Grain which is not fit for Seed, the Magiſtrate ſhall chaſtiſe him, and take a Fine according to the Offence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1816, Thomas Malory, “How King Arthur, after that He had Achieved the Battle against the Romans, Entered into Almaine, and so into Italy”, in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britain; with His Life and Death, and All His Glorious Battles. […] In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for Walker and Edwards; […], →OCLC, page 171",
          "text": "Thou proud knight, what profferest thou me so boldly? here gettest thou no prey; thou mayest prove when thou wilt, for thou shalt be my prisoner, or thou depart.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1843, William H[ickling] Prescott, chapter III, in History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization. And the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, author’s authorised edition, volume I, London: George Routledge and Sons, →OCLC, book III (March to Mexico), page 153",
          "text": "They were to assure the strangers of a free passage through the country, and a friendly reception in the capital. The proffered friendship of the Spaniards was cordially embraced, with many awkward excuses for the past. The envoys were to touch at the Tlascalan camp on their way, and inform Xicotencatl of their proceedings. They were to require him, at the same time, to abstain from all further hostilities, and to furnish the white men with an ample supply of provisions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1900s?], H[onoré] de Balzac, translated by James Waring, Cousin Betty (La Cousine Bette), New York, N.Y.: The Federal Book Company, →OCLC, page 383",
          "text": "Your daughter Célestine has too strong a sense of her duty to proffer a word of reproach.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Philippa Gregory, “Windsor Castle, Winter 1454”, in The Lady of the Rivers (The Cousins’ War), London: Simon & Schuster",
          "text": "The queen rises up and takes Edward from me, and proffers the sleeping child to the king. He shrinks away. 'No, no. I don't want to hold it. Just tell me. Is this a girl or a boy?'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of."
      ],
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          "offer",
          "offer#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "acceptance",
          "acceptance"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
        ],
        [
          "give",
          "give#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "tender",
          "tender#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, reflexive) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attempt or essay of one's own accord; to undertake or propose to undertake."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "essay",
          "essay#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "accord",
          "accord#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "undertake",
          "undertake"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To attempt or essay of one's own accord; to undertake or propose to undertake."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɒfə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɑfɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒfə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-us-proffer.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "profre"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "proffre"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predlagam",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "word": "предлагам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "word": "aanbieden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "word": "offrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "word": "anbieten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "word": "proporre"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "word": "praebeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predlagátʹ",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предлага́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predložítʹ",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предложи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "word": "ofrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proponuvaty",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "word": "пропонувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prostjahaty",
      "sense": "to offer for acceptance",
      "word": "простягати"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to undertake",
      "word": "pogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to undertake",
      "word": "entreprendre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "proffer"
}

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  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms",
        "Norwegian Bokmål noun forms"
      ],
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      ],
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          "proff#Norwegian Bokmål"
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