vouchsafe
verb (used with object)
to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension.
was vouchsafing
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past progressiveof vouchsafe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The clouds were parting, and the sun was vouchsafing some thin rays from the northwest.
From His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy
