vouchsafe
verb (used with object)
to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension.
had vouchsafed
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past perfectof vouchsafe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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How many grateful thanksgivings did I pour forth for the protection which God had vouchsafed to me, amidst obstacles and dangers which appeared insurmountable.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whatever mild approval she had vouchsafed to any other man his existence obliterated.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
Pulpits were offered us on all sides, and the charm of novelty lent itself to such merit and power as Nature had vouchsafed us.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott
“You’re to go on an errand,” was all she had vouchsafed him, leaving Julie to explain the rest.
From Those Dale Girls by Frank Weston Carruth
And all the time the stranger, while an ideal conversationalist, had vouchsafed no information about himself—not even as to his name.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
