"profer" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pɹəʊˈfɜː/ Forms: profers [present, singular, third-person], proferring [participle, present], proferred [participle, past], proferred [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English proferen, from Old French proferer, from Latin proferre (“to bring forth, produce, utter”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰer-}}, {{inh|en|enm|proferen}} Middle English proferen, {{der|en|fro|proferer}} Old French proferer, {{der|en|la|proferre||to bring forth, produce, utter}} Latin proferre (“to bring forth, produce, utter”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} profer (third-person singular simple present profers, present participle proferring, simple past and past participle proferred)
  1. To utter; to pronounce. Translations (utter; pronounce): exprimer (French), prononcer (French), proferir (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-profer-en-verb-lMxdNdEW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'utter; pronounce': 86 14
  2. To deliver.
    Sense id: en-profer-en-verb-zPHQfrJ5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: profre [obsolete] Related terms: proffer

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