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  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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