'Vouchsafe' definitions:

Definition of 'vouchsafe'

(from WordNet)
verb
Grant in a condescending manner

Definition of 'Vouchsafe'

From: GCIDE
  • Vouchsafe \Vouch*safe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vouchsafed; p. pr. & vb. n. Vouchsafing.] [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch or answer for safety.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow. [1913 Webster]
  • If ye vouchsafe that it be so. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathens the means of salvation. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Vouchsafe'

From: GCIDE
  • Vouchsafe \Vouch*safe"\, v. i. To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
  • Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What power the charms of beauty had of old. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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