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  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. 




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