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