proffering
Holding something out
Proffering is offering something for acceptance, typically by extending it toward someone: She stood proffering a glass of wine.
The word suggests a formal or deliberate gesture of presentation rather than casual giving.
It appears most often in literary or legal contexts: proffering evidence to the court, proffering one's services.
Formally offering something
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
- submittingGiving in or delivering
- extendingIncreasing in reach
- bestowingFormally giving something
conferring · rendering · furnishing · supplying · according · vouchsafing · granting · yielding
Increasing in reach
- outstretchingSpreading far outward
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
- handingTransferring by arm
- reachingExtending toward something
tendering · surrendering · displaying · showing · holding out · passing · delivering · submitting
Increasing in reach
- proposingPutting forth formally
- suggestingOffering an idea indirectly
- advancingMoving in forward direction
- submittingGiving in or delivering
tendering · broaching · floating · recommending · urging
Giving service without pay
- providingGiving or furnishing
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- supplyingProviding what's required
- furnishingItems equipping a space
giving · extending · contributing · dedicating · pledging · committing
tendering
Formally offering something
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
- submittingGiving in or delivering
- extendingIncreasing in reach
bestowing · conferring · rendering · furnishing · supplying · according · vouchsafing · granting · yielding
extending
Increasing in reach
- outstretchingSpreading far outward
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
- handingTransferring by arm
reaching · tendering · surrendering · displaying · showing · holding out · passing · delivering · submitting · giving
extending
Increasing in reach
- proposingPutting forth formally
- suggestingOffering an idea indirectly
- advancingMoving in forward direction
submitting · tendering · broaching · floating · recommending · urging
volunteering
Giving service without pay
- providingGiving or furnishing
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- supplyingProviding what's required
furnishing · giving · extending · contributing · dedicating · pledging · committing
profferingwithholding
Keeping from another
keeping · retaining · holding back · keeping back · hoarding
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