vouch or (vouch or)

[ voucher, 3 ( a ). vouchsafe (vouch-sāf'), v.; pret. and pp. vouch safed, ppr. vouchsafing. [ Praised therefore be his name, which voucheth us worthy this honour. J. Bradford , Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), П. 176. What can you vouch against him, Signior Lucio? Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 326. What we have done None shall dare vouch , though it be truly known. Shelley , Revolt of Islam, ix. 31. 3. To warrant; be surety for; answer for; make good; confirm. Go tell the lords o' the city I am here; Deliver them this paper; having read it, Bid them repair to the market-place, where I, Even in theirs and in the commons' ears, Will vouch the truth of it. Shak., Cor., v. 6. 5. When I arrived at Scutari, they took my slave from me, as I had not the original writing by me to vouch the property of him. Pococke , Description of the East, II. ii. 126. 4. To support; back; second; follow up. [Rare.] safe'; That the quen be of-sent, sauf wol i fouche . William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4152. So Philip is wild, on that wise we it take As ge haf mad present, the kyng vouches it saue. Rob . of Brunne , p. 260. (Richardson.) 2. To permit, grant, or bestow: sometimes with implied condescension: as, not to vouchsafe an answer. I have a ailed her with music, but she vouchsafes no notice. Shak ., Cymbeline, ii. 3. 45. In your pardon, and the ki vouchsafed me, You did but point me out a fore-right way To lead to certain happine . Mas singer , Parliament of Love, iii. 3. Sir, I must thank you for the Visit you vouchsafed me in this simple Cell. Howell, Letters, ii. 69. 3t. To receive or accept by way of condescen- sion. Bold words vouch'd with a deed so bold. There she sate, vouchsafing my cloak (then most gor- Milton , P. L., v. 66. geo us) under her. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. vow Upon which better part our prayers come in, If thou vouchsafe them. Shak ., K. John, iii. 1. 294. II. in trans. To permit; grant; condescend; deign; stoop. Than he preyede devoutly to God, that he wolde vouche saf to suffre him gon up. Mandeville , Travels, p. 149. God vouched sauf thurgh thee with us to acorde. Chaucer, A. В. С., 1. 27. Vouchsafe, noble Lady, to accept this simple remembrance. Spenser, Tears of the Muses, Ded.