vouchsafe
verb (used with object)
to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension.
vouchsafed
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past participleof vouchsafe.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof vouchsafe.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
vouchsafeverb (used with object)to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension.
Example Sentences
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Being in Iran hasn’t vouchsafed them much happiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
God has vouchsafed to me a priceless gift in the weapon of ahimsa.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
But is he listing what he actually saw, or what was vouchsafed to him in the euphoric act of seeing?
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
These are meta-lies, second-order lies, lies about the very institutions vouchsafed with testing and examining the truthfulness of political statements.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2017
The gods had not even vouchsafed him that much.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
