Category:Vouchsafe

Vouch*safe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vouchsafed; p. pr. & vb. n. Vouchsafing.] Etym: [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.

Vouchsafe Vouch*safe", v. i.

Defn: 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.