vouch
[ vouch ]
/ vaʊtʃ /
verb (used without object)
to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
to attest; guarantee; certify (usually followed by for): to vouch for someone in a business transaction.
verb (used with object)
noun Obsolete.
a vouching; an assertion.
a formal attestation; a supporting warrant.
Nearby words
votive mass, votively, votress, votyak, vou., vouch, vouchee, voucher, voucher system, vouchsafe, vouge
Origin of vouch
1275–1325; Middle English vouchen < Anglo-French, Middle French vo(u)cher, Old French avochier < Latin advocāre; see advocate
Related formsun·vouched, adjectivewell-vouched, adjective
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vouch
/ (vaʊtʃ) /
verb
(intr usually foll by for) to give personal assurance; guaranteeI'll vouch for his safety
(when tr, usually takes a clause as object; when intr, usually foll by for) to furnish supporting evidence (for) or function as proof (of)
(tr) English legal history to summon (a person who had warranted title to land) to defend that title or give up land of equal value
(tr) archaic to cite (authors, principles, etc) in support of something
(tr) obsolete to assert
noun
obsolete the act of vouching; assertion or allegation
Word Origin for vouch
C14: from Old French vocher to summon, ultimately from Latin vocāre to call
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Word Origin and History for vouch
vouch
early 14c., "summon into court to prove a title," from Anglo-French voucher, Old French vocher "to call, summon, invoke, claim," probably from Gallo-Romance *voticare, metathesis of Latin vocitare "to call to, summon insistently," frequentative of Latin vocare "to call, call upon, summon" (see voice (n.)). Meaning "guarantee to be true or accurate" is first attested 1590s. Related: Vouched; vouching.
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