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Webster 1913 Edition

Vouchsafe

Vouch-safe′

,
Verb.
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?
Shakespeare
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.

Vouch-safe′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vouchsafe

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

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

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