vouchsafe Meaning, Definition & Usage

Vouch*safe" transitive verb

Etymology

Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch or answer for safety.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Vouchsafed ; present participle & verbal noun Vouchsafing

Definitions

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.

Vouch*safe" intransitive verb

Definitions

1. 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.