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vouchsafed |
1 definition 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.
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