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Vouch*safe" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vouchsafed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vouchsafing.] [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch or answer for safety.]
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1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
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If ye vouchsafe that it be so. Chaucer.
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Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two? Shak.
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It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathens the means of salvation. South.
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2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] Shak.
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Vouch*safe", v. i. To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop. Chaucer.
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Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
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Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold
What power the charms of beauty had of old. Dryden.
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