What is "vouchsafed"

Usage examples of "vouchsafed".

During the wars between the Star Men and our Vanished rulers, certain captives were confined by the Archimagical College in a cavern at the base of the shaft, until they were judged and vouchsafed either clemency or death at the hands of the Sentinels of the Mortal Dictum.

It was Orogastus who had told her diat the cavern was a repository for instruments of sorcery vouchsafed him by the Dark Powers.

The vision vouchsafed was very dim, and she saw little Tolivar clinging to a chain, looking out of the wide-open hawsehole.

Certain gifts are vouchsafed to each person at birth and we must use them as best we can.

The Blue Lady's stern insistence that mental schooling must precede the actual working of magic at first vexed Haramis, then drove her to the brink of despondency, then finally vouchsafed a glimmer of hope that she might actually be getting it!

I cannot tell whether there may not have been vouchsafed to the church some divine authority, proved by trustworthy evidences, for so honoring their memory: it may be that it is so.

I must then go on to show what social well-being the true God, in whose hand are all kingdoms, vouchsafed to grant to them that their empire might increase.

And even if the demons have any power in these matters, they have only that power which the secret decree of the Almighty allots to them, in order that we may not set too great store by earthly prosperity, seeing it is oftentimes vouchsafed even to wicked men like Marius.

This is the reason why there has been vouchsafed to us, through the Mediator, this grace, that we who are polluted by sinful flesh should be cleansed by the likeness of sinful flesh.

But these miracles, which were vouchsafed to the merits of holy men, even when our adversaries believe them, they attribute to magical arts.

As fulfill’d, or partially fulfill’d, the best comfort of the whole business (after a small band of the dearest friends and upholders ever vouchsafed to man or cause -- doubtless all the more faithful and uncompromising -- this little phalanx!

The fair will be held upon another island, the location of which will be vouchsafed to you in good time.

Dreams are sometimes vouchsafed by the Lords of the Air — but this sort of thing is very uncommon.

The Blue Voice would confer telepathically with his master on the morrow, when fresh intelligence would have been vouchsafed by the all-seeing ice-mirror.

It must have been a Blessing vouchsafed to Our Great Leader, that such a Divine Prodigy as yourself appeared at such an opportune moment!