3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vouchsafe \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vouchsafe \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vouchsafe
v 1: grant in a condescending manner
2: promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor
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