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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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, v.i. To condescend; to deign; to yield.
Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What powr the charms of
beauty had of old.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: grant in a condescending manner

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (vouchsafed; vouchsafing) Etymology: Middle English vouchen sauf to grant, consent, deign, from Anglo-French voucher salf Date: 14th century 1. a. to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner b. to give by way of reply <refused to vouchsafe an explanation> 2. to grant as a privilege or special favor Synonyms: see grant • vouchsafement noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. formal 1 condescend to give or grant (vouchsafed me no answer). 2 (foll. by to + infin.) condescend. Etymology: ME f. VOUCH in sense 'warrant' + SAFE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vouchsafe Vouch*safe", v. 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? --Shak. 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vouchsafe Vouch*safe", v. 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 behold What power the charms of beauty had of old. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(vouchsafes, vouchsafing, vouchsafed) If you are vouchsafed something or it is vouchsafed to you, you are given or granted it. (FORMAL) As we approached the summit we were vouchsafed a rare vision... Eric gritted his teeth and vouchsafed them a few more drops of brandy... 'He drives like a madman,' was all the information he vouchsafed. VERB: be V-ed n, V n n, V n, also V n to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Concede, grant, accord, deign to grant, condescend to grant, allow. II. v. n. Condescend, deign, yield, descend, stoop.

Moby Thesaurus

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