Found 2 items, similar to vouchsafe.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vouchsafe
vouchsafe
v 1: grant in a condescending manner
2: promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vouchsafe
Vouchsafe
\Vouch*safe"\, v. i.
To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
--Chaucer.
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Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
--Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold
What power the charms of beauty had of old. --Dryden.
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Vouchsafe
\Vouch*safe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Vouchsafed; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Vouchsafing.] [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch
or answer for safety.]
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1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
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If ye vouchsafe that it be so. --Chaucer.
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Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two?
--Shak.
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It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to
the heathens the means of salvation. --South.
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2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] --Shak.
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