vouchsafe (redirected from vouchsafing)

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 [ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf]

vb (tr)

1. to give or grant or condescend to give or grant she vouchsafed no reply he vouchsafed me no encouragement

2. (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to agree, promise, or permit, often graciously or condescendingly he vouchsafed to come yesterday

3. Obsolete

a.  to warrant as being safe

b.  to bestow as a favour (upon)

[C14 vouchen sauf; see vouch, safe]

vouchsafement  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

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

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vouchsafe

verb (Old-fashioned) grant, accord, yield, cede, confer on, favour someone with, deign to give, condescend to give He vouchsafed them a little more brandy.

Translations

vouchsafe [vaʊtʃˈseɪf] VT [+ privilege, favour] → conceder; [+ reply] → servirse hacer, dignarse hacer
to vouchsafe to + INFIN → dignarse + infin

vouchsafe

vt (form) → gewähren (sb jdm); to vouchsafe to do something → geruhen (geh) → or die Güte haben, etw zu tun

vouchsafe [ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf] vt (liter, frm) to vouchsafe sth (to sb) (reply, help) → accordare qc (a qn); (peace) → garantire qc (a qn)

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vouchsafe [ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf] vt (liter, frm) to vouchsafe sth (to sb) (reply, help) → accordare qc (a qn); (peace) → garantire qc (a qn)