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Proffered - Emily M


 * > Name: || Emily M ||
 * > Word: || Proffered ||
 * > Source: || [//Savage Wars of Peace//, Max Boot, "Butcher and Bolt", Pirates of the Caribbean, 44.] ||
 * > Appropriate Definition: || Verb: To present with acceptance ||
 * > Definition URL: || http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proffered ||
 * > Context Sentences: || "Porter sent a message to the alcalde demanding his immediate apology "for outrages helped upon and American officer" and warning that "if any resistance is made, the total destruction of Foxardo will be the certain and immediate consequence." Within 15 minutes, the cowed local officials **proffered** the demanded apology and the landing party sailed away . Porter had thought he had ably defended "national honor," but President James Monroe and his secretary of state, John Quincy Adams, were not happy when they found out about this violation of Spanish sovereignty. ||

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