(proffers, proffering, proffered)
1.
If you proffer something to someone, you hold it towards them so that they can take it or touch it. (FORMAL)
He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes.
VERB: V n, also V n to n
2.
If you proffer something such as advice to someone, you offer it to them. (FORMAL)
The army has not yet proffered an explanation of how and why the accident happened.
= volunteer
VERB: V n, also V n to n, V n n