vouchsafe
to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question.
to allow or permit, as by favor or graciousness: They vouchsafed his return to his own country.
to condescend; deign.
Origin of vouchsafe
1Other words for vouchsafe
Other words from vouchsafe
- vouch·safe·ment, noun
- un·vouch·safed, adjective
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How to use vouchsafe in a sentence
At last a vision has been vouchsafed us of our life as a whole.
The people in his employ had, in fact, deserved much more praise than he had vouchsafed to them.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandRighteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost are all vouchsafed to the believer; all of them are covenant blessings.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamTo declare emphatically that the people of God are a covenant people, various signs were in sovereignty vouchsafed.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamSince the battle at Harenc they keep closer to their camps, though Allah that day vouchsafed them victory.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
The old man's lips were set and stern, and he vouchsafed no reply to the hospitable request.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert Parker
British Dictionary definitions for vouchsafe
/ (ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf) /
to give or grant or condescend to give or grant: she vouchsafed no reply; he vouchsafed me no encouragement
(may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to agree, promise, or permit, often graciously or condescendingly: he vouchsafed to come yesterday
obsolete
to warrant as being safe
to bestow as a favour (upon)
Origin of vouchsafe
1Derived forms of vouchsafe
- vouchsafement, noun
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