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Definitions for: Vouchsafe
[v] promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor
[v] grant in a condescending manner
Webster (1913) Definition: Vouch*safe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vouchsafed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Vouchsafing.] [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch
or answer for safety.]
1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
If ye vouchsafe that it be so. --Chaucer.
Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two?
--Shak.
It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to
the heathens the means of salvation. --South.
2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] --Shak.
Vouch*safe", v. i.
To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
--Chaucer.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
--Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What power the
charms of beauty had of old. --Dryden.
See Also: allow, grant, promise
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