vouchsafe (redirected from vouchsafed)

vouch·safe  (vouch-sf, vouchsf)

tr.v. vouch·safed, vouch·saf·ing, vouch·safes

To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign.

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[Middle English vouchen sauf, to warrant as safe : vouchen, to warrant; see vouch + sauf, safe; see safe.]

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vouch·safement n.

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vouchsafe

Verb

[-safing, -safed]

1. Old-fashioned to give or grant: she has powers vouchsafed to few

2. to offer assurances about; guarantee: he absolutely vouchsafed your integrity [vouch + safe]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

vouchsafe - grant in a condescending manner grant, allow - let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"