'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]
Synonyms of 'vouchsafe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- administer,
- admit,
- afford,
- allot,
- allow,
- award,
- bestow,
- bestow on,
- communicate,
- condescend,
- confer,
- consent,
- deal,
- deal out,
- deign,
- descend,
- dish out,
- dispense,
- dole,
- dole out,
- donate,
- extend,
- fork out,
- gift,
- gift with,
- give,
- give freely,
- give leave,
- give out,
- give permission,
- give the go-ahead,
- give the word,
- give up,
- grant,
- hand out,
- heap,
- help to,
- impart,
- issue,
- lavish,
- leave,
- let,
- let have,
- lower oneself,
- make possible,
- mete,
- mete out,
- offer,
- OK,
- okay,
- permit,
- pour,
- present,
- proffer,
- rain,
- release,
- render,
- say the word,
- serve,
- shell out,
- shower,
- slip,
- snow,
- stoop,
- suffer,
- supply,
- tender,
- yield