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vouching

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vouch  \Vouch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Vouched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Vouching}.]  [OE.  vouchen,  OF  vochier  to  call  fr  L.  vocare 
  to  call  fr  vox,  vocis,  voice.  See  {Voice},  and  cf 
  {Avouch}.] 
  1.  To  call  to  summon.  [Obs.] 
 
  [They]  vouch  (as  I  might  say)  to  their  aid  the 
  authority  of  the  writers.  --Sir  T. 
  Elyot. 
 
  2.  To  call  upon  to  witness;  to  obtest. 
 
  Vouch  the  silent  stars  and  conscious  moon.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  To  warrant;  to  maintain  by  affirmations;  to  attest;  to 
  affirm;  to  avouch. 
 
  They  made  him  ashamed  to  vouch  the  truth  of  the 
  relation,  and  afterwards  to  credit  it  --Atterbury. 
 
  4.  To  back  to  support;  to  confirm;  to  establish. 
 
  Me  damp  horror  chilled  At  such  bold  words  vouched 
  with  a  deed  so  bold.  --Milton. 
 
  5.  (Law)  To  call  into  court  to  warrant  and  defend,  or  to  make 
  good  a  warranty  of  title. 
 
  He  vouches  the  tenant  in  tail,  who  vouches  over  the 
  common  vouchee.  --Blackstone. 
 
  Syn:  To  obtest;  declare;  affirm;  attest;  warrant;  confirm; 
  asseverate;  aver;  protest;  assure.




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