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Definitions for vouchsafe
vaʊtʃˈseɪfvouch·safe
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Princeton's WordNet
vouchsafeverb
grant in a condescending manner
Wiktionary
vouchsafeverb
To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
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vouchsafe
Vouchsafe is a verb that means to grant or give something to someone in a gracious or condescending manner. It can also mean to reveal or disclose something.
Webster Dictionary
Vouchsafeverb
to condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow
Vouchsafeverb
to receive or accept in condescension
Vouchsafeverb
to condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop
Etymology: [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch or answer for safety.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Vouchsafe
vowch-sāf, v.t. to vouch or warrant safe: to sanction or allow without danger: to condescend to grant.—v.i. to condescend.—n. Vouchsafe′ment.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vouchsafe in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vouchsafe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of vouchsafe in a Sentence
It was a false maxim of Domitian that he who would gain the people of Rome must promise all things and perform nothing. For when a man is known to be false in his word, instead of a column, which he might be by keeping it, for others to rest upon, he becomes a reed, which no man will vouchsafe to lean upon. Like a floating island, when we come next day to seek it, it is carried from the place we left it in, and, instead of earth to build upon, we find nothing but inconstant and deceiving waves.
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