Vouchsafe

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]
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     1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
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              If ye vouchsafe that it be so.        --Chaucer.
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              Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two?
                                                    --Shak.
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              It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to
              the heathens the means of salvation.  --South.
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     2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vouchsafe \Vouch*safe"\, v. i.
     To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
     --Chaucer.
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           Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
                                                    --Bk. of Com.
                                                    Prayer.
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           Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold
           What power the charms of beauty had of old. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vouchsafe
       v 1: grant in a condescending manner
       2: promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "vouchsafe":
     OK, 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, okay, permit, pour, present, proffer, rain,
     release, render, say the word, serve, shell out, shower, slip,
     snow, stoop, suffer, supply, tender, yield