Vouchsafed

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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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