vouchsafe
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vouchsafe
- /ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/ US, UK
- [ˌvʌʊtʃˈseɪf] Canada
Rhymes with -eɪf
Where it comes from
From vouch + safe, written as two words in Middle English and early Modern English.
verb vouchsafes · vouchsafing · vouchsafed
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To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
If Brutus will vouchſafe that Antony / May ſafely come to him ...
Similar: vouch
- To receive or accept in condescension. Nancy's lips parted abruptly, as if there were angry words all ready to come; but her eyes, resting on Pollyanna's jubilantly trustful face, saw something that prevented the words being spoken. "Humph!" she vouchsafed. Then, showing her old-time interest, she went on: "But, say, it is queer, his spe
- To disclose or divulge. She vouchsafed to me that she regretted ever marrying him.
Similar: deign
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verb
Similar: deign
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verb Condescendingly grant a right
| Português | permitir |
|---|---|
| Français | accorder de manière clémente |
| Deutsch | gewähren |
| Italiano | ottriare |
| Ελληνικά | αξιώνω axióno |
| Русский | удоста́ивать udostáivatʹ, удосто́ить udostóitʹ |
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