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“vouchsafe” – English explanatory dictionary

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.
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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.
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