Thesaurus: vouchsafe

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1. v. t. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
2. v. t. To receive or accept in condescension.
3. v. i. To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
4. v. grant in a condescending manner
5. 1. To word/condescend">condescend to word/grant">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. 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.
6. 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 ofbeauty had of old. Dryden.
7. v:100 v. grant in a condescending manner