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Webster 1913 Edition
Vouchsafe
Vouch-safe′
,Verb.
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? Shakespeare
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.
Vouch-safe′
,Verb.
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 beholdWhat power the charms of beauty had of old.
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vouchsafe
VOUCHSAFE
, v.t [vouch and safe; to vouch or answer for safety.]1.
To permit to be done without danger.2.
To condescend to grant.Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two?
It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathen the means of salvation.
VOUCHSAFE
,Verb.
I.
Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What powr the charms of
beauty had of old.
Definition 2024
vouchsafe
vouchsafe
English
Verb
vouchsafe (third-person singular simple present vouchsafes, present participle vouchsafing, simple past and past participle vouchsafed)
- To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
- 1599?, William Shakespeare, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, Julius Caesar, Act III, scene i, page 119:
- If Brutus will vouchſafe that Antony / May ſafely come to him ...
- South:
- It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathens the means of salvation.
-
- To receive or accept in condescension.
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:vouchsafe.
Synonyms
Related terms
- vouchesafement
- vouchsafing
Translations
Condescendingly grant a right
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