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vouchsafe |
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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