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vouchsafe
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
vouchsafe
(verb)
vouchsafe
/ˌvaʊtʃ
ˈ
seɪf/
verb
vouchsafes
;
vouchsafed
;
vouchsafing
vouchsafe
/ˌvaʊtʃ
ˈ
seɪf/
verb
vouchsafes
;
vouchsafed
;
vouchsafing
Britannica Dictionary definition of VOUCHSAFE
[
+ object
]
formal + old-fashioned
:
to give (something) to someone as a promise or a privilege
He
vouchsafed
the secret to only a few chosen disciples.
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