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vouch
(redirected from vouched)

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vouch  (vouch)
v. vouched, vouch·ing, vouch·es
v.intr.
1. To give personal assurances; give a guarantee: vouch for an old friend's trustworthiness.
2. To constitute supporting evidence; give substantiation: a candidate whose strong record vouches for her ability.
v.tr.
1. To substantiate by supplying evidence; prove: charges that he could not vouch.
2. Law To summon as a witness to give warranty of title.
3. To refer to (an authority, for example) in support or corroboration; cite.
4. To assert; declare.
n. Obsolete
A declaration of opinion; an assertion.

[Middle English vouchen, to summon to court, warrant, from Anglo-Norman voucher, probably from Vulgar Latin *voticre, alteration of Latin vocitre, frequentative of vocre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]

vouch [vaʊtʃ]
vb
1. (intr; usually foll by for) to give personal assurance; guarantee I'll vouch for his safety
2. (when tr, usually takes a clause as object; when intr, usually foll by for) to furnish supporting evidence (for) or function as proof (of)
3. (Law) (tr) English legal history to summon (a person who had warranted title to land) to defend that title or give up land of equal value
4. (tr) Archaic to cite (authors, principles, etc.) in support of something
5. (tr) Obsolete to assert
n
Obsolete the act of vouching; assertion or allegation
[from Old French vocher to summon, ultimately from Latin vocāre to call]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.vouchvouch - give personal assurance; guarantee; "Will he vouch for me?"
take the stand, testify, bear witness, attest - give testimony in a court of law
2.vouchvouch - give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products"
pledge, plight - promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor my wife"
bail - secure the release of (someone) by providing security
assure, ensure, guarantee, insure, secure - make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!"
stipulate - give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners"
secure - assure payment of
3.vouch - summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title
summon, summons, cite - call in an official matter, such as to attend court
4.vouchvouch - give supporting evidence; "He vouched his words by his deeds"
affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain - establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
Translations
vouch [vaʊtʃ]
A. VI to vouch for sthresponder de algo, garantizar algo
I cannot vouch for its authenticityno puedo responder de or garantizar su autenticidad
to vouch for sbresponder por or salir como fiador de algn
B. VT to vouch thatafirmar que ..., asegurar que ...

vouch [ˈvaʊtʃ]
vouch for
vtse porter garant(e) de

vouch
vi to vouch for somebody/somethingsich für jdn/etw verbürgen; (legally) → für jdn/etw bürgen; to vouch for the truth of somethingsich für die Richtigkeit einer Sache verbürgen

vouch [vaʊtʃ] vi to vouch for sthgarantire qc
to vouch for sb → garantire per qn
vouch [vaʊtʃ] vi to vouch for sthgarantire qc
to vouch for sb → garantire per qn

vouch
v vouch [vautʃ]
1 to say that one is sure that something is fact or truth Will you vouch for the truth of the statement? betuig, bevestig يُؤَكِّد صِحَّة свидетелствам ručit stå inde for; garantere sich verbürgen εγγυώμαι garantizar tõendama شهادت دادن mennä takuuseen garantir לִהיוֹת עַרֵב गवाही देना jamčiti tanúsít memberi kesaksian staðfesta garantire 保証する (진실성 등의) 증거를 말하다] laiduoti, patvirtinti apstiprināt; apliecināt menjamin instaan bekrefte, bevitne zagwarantować garantir a garanta ручаться zaručiť sa, potvrdiť jamčiti potvrditi garantera, svara för รับรองคุณภาพของบุคคลหรือสิ่งของ doğrulamak 保證 підтверджувати تصديق کرنا dẫn chứng, xác nhận ,
2 to guarantee the honesty etc of (a person) My friends will vouch for me. betuig يَضْمَن، يَكْفَل гарантирам zaručit se (za) garantere bürgen εγγυώμαι responder (de/por) tagama تضمین کردن taata répondre de לִהיוֹת עַרֵב विश्वास दिलाना jamčiti kezeskedik vmiért v. vkiért menjamin votta, ábyrgjast garantire, rispondere ~の保証人となる (진술 등을) 보증하다 laiduoti galvot menjamin getuigen garantere for poręczyć garantir a gira поручиться zaručiť sa (za) jamčiti garantovati gå i god (borgen) för รับประกัน kefil olmak 擔保 ручитися, поручитися ضمانت دينا cam đoan
n voucher
a piece of paper which confirms that a sum of money has been, or will be, paid a sales voucher. koepon مُسْتَنِد، إيصال، قَسيمَه разписка poukaz værdibevis; voucher; -voucher der Beleg απόδειξη, κουπόνι vale, bono; comprobante maksedokument ضمانت نامه kuponki reçu, bon de caisse שוֹבָר प्रमाण पत्र jamstvo elismervény bon kvittun, úttektarmiði scontrino, ricevuta 領収証 영수증 kvitas kvīts; talons; ceļazīme baucar bon kupong, kvittering, bong kwit garantia voucher, chitanţă ваучер poukaz, potvrdenka potrdilo vaučer []kupong, []kvitto, []kort ใบสำคัญจ่าย kupon, fiş 憑證,單據 письмова гарантія; порука واؤچر، تصديق ادائيگي giấy cam đoan


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