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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Vouchsafe

Vouch-sāfe′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. VOUCHSAFED (vouch-sāft′); p. pr. & vb. n. VOUCHSAFING.] [From vouch and safe, to vouch or answer for safety.]

Sense 1. To permit to be done without danger.

Sense 2. To condescend to grant.

Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two? Shak.

It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathen the means of salvation. South.

Vouch-sāfe', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop. *Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What power the charms of beauty had of old.* Dryden.