vouchsafe

  • 1Vouchsafe — Vouch*safe , v. i. To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster] Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What power the… …

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  • 2Vouchsafe — Vouch*safe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vouchsafed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vouchsafing}.] [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch or answer for safety.] [1913 Webster] 1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow. [1913 Webster] If ye vouchsafe that it be so.… …

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  • 3vouchsafe — [vouch sāf′] vt. vouchsafed, vouchsafing [contr. of ME vouchen safe, to vouch as safe] to be gracious enough or condescend to give or grant [to vouchsafe a reply] vouchsafement n …

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  • 4vouchsafe — I verb accord, acquiesce, admit, allow, assent, bear with, bestow, comply with, concede, concedere, condescend, condescend to grant, consent, deign to give, deign to grant, favor with, give in, grant, grant by favor, gratify, humor, indulge, let …

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  • 5vouchsafe — c.1300, vouchen safe to vouch as safe (see VOUCH (Cf. vouch) and SAFE (Cf. safe)) …

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  • 6vouchsafe — *grant, accord, concede, award Analogous words: *give, bestow, confer, present: condescend, deign, *stoop: *oblige, accommodate, favor …

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  • 7vouchsafe — ► VERB ▪ give, grant, or disclose in a gracious or condescending manner. ORIGIN originally as the phrase vouch something safe on someone, i.e. «warrant the secure conferment of» …

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  • 8vouchsafe — UK [ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf] / US [vaʊtʃˈseɪf] / US [ˈvaʊtʃˌseɪf] verb [transitive] Word forms vouchsafe : present tense I/you/we/they vouchsafe he/she/it vouchsafes present participle vouchsafing past tense vouchsafed past participle vouchsafed formal to… …

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  • 9vouchsafe — transitive verb (vouchsafed; vouchsafing) Etymology: Middle English vouchen sauf to grant, consent, deign, from Anglo French voucher salf Date: 14th century 1. a. to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner b. to give by way… …

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  • 10vouchsafe — vouchsafement, n. /vowch sayf /, v., vouchsafed, vouchsafing. v.t. 1. to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question. 2. to allow or permit, as by favor or graciousness: They vouchsafed his… …

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