proffer

An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender.

• [H]ow, if you tell him this, will you make him understand that I say so as an act of justice, and not in the least as a proffer of affection?
• "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."

An attempt, an essay.obsolete

• [A]fter ſome reſiſtance with ſhotte and arrowes, and profer of onſet made by their horſemen, they were put to flight, [...]

To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of.reflexivetransitive

• to proffer friendship, a gift, or services

To attempt or essay of one's own accord; to undertake or propose to undertake.obsoletetransitive

• [N]one among the choice and prime / Of thoſe Heav'n-warring Champions could be found / So hardie as to proffer or accept / Alone the dreadful voyage; [...]