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Vouchsafing

Vouchsafe \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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vouchsafing

vb. (present participle of vouchsafe English)

Usage examples of "vouchsafing".

Without vouchsafing any reply, the captain beckoned to the old man to follow him, and leading the way to the central hall, stopped, and turning so as to look him steadily in the face, said, "Now is your opportunity.