vouchv.

Brit.

/vaʊtʃ/, U.S.

/vaʊtʃ/

Forms: Middle English voch- (Middle English Scottish woche), fouche, Middle English wowche, Middle English–1500s vowch, Middle English–1500s vouche, Middle English– vouch.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French vocher, voucher (Old French also voch- , vouchier , vougier , voukier ), to call, summon, invoke, claim, etc., obscurely < Latin vocāre to call. Compare avouch v.

a. transitive. Law. to vouch to warrant or to (also †for) warranty, to cite, call, or summon (a person) into court to give warranty of title. (After Anglo-Norman and Old French voucher a garant.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > summon or issue summons against > summon to give warranty

to vouch to warrant or to (also for) warrantya1325

vouch1523

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > cause to give evidence on oath > vouch to warranty

teemOE

to vouch to warrant or to (also for) warrantya1325

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a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xxxiv. 96 Ȝif þilke þat is ivoched to warant be in present, ant mid wille wolle waranti þe tenaunt.

1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 324/2 And over that, caused theym..to vouche by covyn to warrant one John Smyth, whiche also by covyn entred into warrant.

1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII c. 19 Preamble Margaret vouched to warranty your said Suppliant.

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xii^v Yf suche tenaunte be enpledyd by a precipe quod reddat .&c. & he voucheth his lorde to warranty.

1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. §136 The vouchee is he, whom the tenant voucheth, or calleth to warranty for the land in demaund.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 102 When the Tenant being impleaded within a particular iurisdiction..voucheth one to warranty.

1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent i. vi. 130 If the Heir at Common Law be vouched for Warranty.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 380 If the vasal's title to enjoy the feud was disputed, he might vouch, or call, the lord or donor to warrant or insure his gift.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 339 When a person is vouched to warranty, and enters of his own accord into the warranty, the law presumes, that he parted with his first possession with warranty.

1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. (ed. 2) ii. 78 The person vouched to warranty might in his turn vouch a second person, and the second vouchee a third.

absolute.?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student sig. oiv^v When the tenaunt in tayle hath vouched to warrauntye.1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton II. 258 If the deforciant vouches to warranty, then the like process shall hold [etc.].

b. elliptical (with omission of to warrant).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > summon or issue summons against > summon to give warranty

to vouch to warrant or to (also for) warrantya1325

vouch1523

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > cause to give evidence on oath > vouch to warranty

teemOE

to vouch to warrant or to (also for) warrantya1325

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1538 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) i. v. f. 12^* The wyfe of the feoffoure bryngeth an action of Dower agaynste the issue of the feoffee, and he vouched the heyre of the feoffoure.

1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 370 If the tenaunt vouch a dead man, the demandant may auerre he is dead, or there is none such.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 386 b If two men make a Feoffment.., and the one die, the Feoffee cannot vouche the survivor only, but the heir of him that is dead also.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 359 If Edwards therefore be tenant of the freehold in possession,..Edwards doth first vouch Barker, and then Barker vouches Jacob Morland the common vouchee.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 273 The tenant to the præcipe then vouches the proprietor of the land.

1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. (ed. 2) ii. 78 If at the time of the claim the vouchee were dead, the possessor of the thing claimed could ‘vouch the tomb’ of the vendor.

absolute.1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 20 If their copies were lost, they may vouche and resort to the lordes court rolles.1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 101 b The partie, if he hath a Warrantie, shall not vouche, but haue his action of couenant, if [etc.].1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §49. 23 If a bastard eigne..is impleaded..and vouch..and the vouchee enter into warranty.1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Yyy2b He that voucheth is called Voucher, (vocans) and he that is [vouched is] called Vouchee, (Warrantus).

c. With over. Of a vouchee: To cite (another person) into court in his stead. Also absol.

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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > summon or issue summons against > summon to give warranty > of another person by vouchee

vouch1511

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > cause to give evidence on oath > vouch to warranty > of another person by vouchee

vouch1511

1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 18 Preamble In whiche..accione the seid tenauntes vouched to warrante Syre John Rysley Knyght and he vouched over to Warantie Thomas Fysshe.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 102 You shall finde in bookes a recouery with a single Voucher, and that is when there is but one Voucher, and with a double Voucher, and that is when the Vouchee voucheth over.

1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent i. vi. 130 If the Heir at Common Law be vouched for Warranty, who vouches the Heirs in Gavelkind because of the Possession, they all shall vouch over.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 359 He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 431 If a præcipe is brought against a tenant in tail and his wife,..and they both vouch over in the usual manner, it will bar the estate tail.

1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 431 A common recovery, in which he and his wife vouched over the common vouchee.

†2. transitive. Generally: to call or summon. In quot. in passive. Obsolete.

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c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1121 Legyounes of aungeleȝ togeder uoched Þer kesten ensens of swete smelle.

a. To take or call (a person) to witness. †In early use with to record. Also transferred (quot. 1700¹).

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > call to witness

to take witness of1390

vouchc1412

record1590

attest1609

to swear downa1616

appeal1645

to take up1821

invoke1851

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1838 God of heuen vouch I to record, Þat..Thow schalt no cause haue more þus to muse.

1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 267/2 And yat ye same Wauter voucheth Baronez to recorde whiche bene present in yis Parlement, and wer present in yat Counseill.

1676 W. Longueville in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 125 Clarke..quoted Basset's man, a bookseller in Fleet-streete; and ye yong bookseller vouch't Mr. Freake, a yong barrister of ye Middle Temple.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Speeches Ajax & Ulysses in Fables 454 The Sun and Day are Witnesses for me. Let him who fights unseen relate his own, And vouch the silent Stars, and conscious Moon.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Speeches Ajax & Ulysses in Fables 457 That this is not a Fable forg'd by me,..I vouch ev'n Diomede.

b. To cite or appeal to (authority, example, doctrine, etc.) in support of one's views or statements or as justification for a course of action.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as evidence

to draw forthc1175

showa1325

drawc1330

allaya1387

to avouch a thing upon (a person)1393

allegea1398

adduce?a1425

induce1433

recite1509

infera1529

vouch1531

cite1550

avouch1573

relate1604

instance1608

rejourn1624

quote1663

abduce1720

invoke1879

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxiv. sig. hiij^v But the most catholike and renoumed doctours..vouche (as I mought say) to their ayde the autoritie of the writars.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 30 Bycause I sayd that our Preachers do alleadge Scriptures onely: and yet within a whiles after I added, that they did vouche the authoritie of the Fathers also.

a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 195 He voucheth the example of Elias, how God, upon his prayer, shut and opened heaven.

1660 Scutum Regale: Royal Buckler 363 I vouch every mans experience to warrant this truth.

1692 J. Locke Toleration iii. ix. 215 So that you cannot vouch the Intention of the Magistrate, where his Laws say nothing.

1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 799 There is no such doctrine as that..which has been vouched in order to take away the effect of this deed.

1885 Ld. Esher in Law Times' Rep. (N.S.) 53 445/2 A solicitor cannot vouch his privilege in such a case as this.

c. Similarly with reference to the citation of authors, works, etc.

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1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 71 In the catalogue of the auctors, yo^u haue omytted manye auctors vouched by chawcer.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. x. 545/2 For more credit to which assertion he vouched sundry books and actss.

1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 239 We haue truely vouched well nigh two hundred that consent with vs.

1651 H. L'Estrange Smectymnuo-mastyx 17 When he is vouched to serve their turns, he is set out with a more honorable encomium, he is then stiled A learned Jew, the famous Rabbi Maymonides.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. 43 For the truth of this I vouch the mathematicians.

1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 114 I am not certain..whether you will admit such Authorities, as 'tis possible I may vouch.

1831 Westm. Rev. Jan. 73 No one now regards such writers as Ascham, Burton, Chapman..as obsolete, or would hesitate to vouch them to justify a word and keep its memory from oblivion.

1866 Q. Rev. July 261 As he vouches another person for his former charge, and speaks allusively only of the second, it is difficult to say how much weight he attaches to either of these.

d. To cite, quote, or adduce (a passage, etc.) out of a work in support of a view or statement.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > use written evidence [verb (transitive)] > quote in support

teemOE

allaya1387

allegea1398

allegate?a1425

recitea1450

exemplify1509

cite1531

vouch1581

quote1582

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 25 b You recite at the last certeine of my wordes, vouched out of Augustine, which be as followeth.

1583 H. Howard Defensatiue sig. Ooj^v Since I find a sorte of godly verses vouched out of theyr vessels, by the learned fathers of the church.

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. iii. iv. 89 Neither will I vouch examples out of ancient histories.

1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 155 His testimony vouch'd by Authors of that antiquity,..assure[s] mee..that such a worke was in their times, receiv'd as his.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 185 It would be too long to vouch texts for each particular.

1842 S. R. Maitland Remarks 72 A statement, that Philpot vouched the major of his argument ‘out of Vigilius, an ancient writer’.

†4.

a. To put in evidence, to display. Obsolete.

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society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)]

uppec897

atewOE

sutelec1000

openOE

awnc1175

kithec1175

forthteec1200

tawnec1220

let witc1275

forthshowa1300

to pilt out?a1300

showa1300

barea1325

mythc1330

unfoldc1374

to open outc1390

assign1398

mustera1400

reyve?a1400

vouchc1400

manifest?a1425

outshowc1425

ostendc1429

explayc1443

objecta1500

reveala1500

patefy?1509

decipher1529

relieve1533

to set outa1540

utter1542

report1548

unbuckle1548

to set forth1551

demonstrate1553

to hold forth1560

testify1560

explicate1565

forthsetc1565

to give show of1567

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exhibit1573

apparent1577

display?1578

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cipher1583

laya1586

foreshow1590

uncloud?1594

vision1594

explain1597

proclaim1597

unroll1598

discloud1600

remonstrate1601

resent1602

to bring out1608

palesate1613

pronounce1615

to speak out1623

elicit1641

confess1646

bear1657

breathe1667

outplay1702

to throw out1741

evolve1744

announce1781

develop1806

exfoliate1808

evince1829

exposit1882

pack1925

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1358 Þis bolde Baltazar biþenkkes hym ones, To vouche on [= an] avayment of his vayne glorie.

†b. To announce or declare (a vow). Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > announce or declare (a promise)

vouchc1400

nuncupate1606

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 165 Vchon glewed on his god þat gayned hym beste, Summe to Vernagu þer vouched a-vowes solemne.

†c. To cast the responsibility of (something) on a person. Obsolete.

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society > morality > duty or obligation > [verb (transitive)] > impose (a duty) on someone

enchargec1374

puta1382

vouchc1535

c1535 Ploughman's Tale iii. sig. C.iv^v On her bysshoppe their warant [to] vouche That is lawe of the decre.

a. To allege, assert, affirm or declare. Also const. upon or against (a person). Now rare or Obsolete.

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the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)]

ledgea1300

vouch1390

allege?a1400

suppose1411

pretendc1449

to-layc1450

reckonc1480

compare1536

obtend1573

make1593

represent1651

to trump up1697

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 295 Bot I spak nevere yit..That unto Cheste mihte touche, And that I durste riht wel vouche Upon hirself as for witnesse.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 24 For..sche myn herte toucheth, That for nothing that Slowthe voucheth I mai foryete hire.

1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 267/2 Thenne..ye same Wauter seyth and voucheth, ye Parlement yat King Richard held at Westm' [etc.].

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 228 b From whence shall this mylde & charitable allegation..appeare at the length to be truly vouched agaynst Luther?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 103 I therefore vouch againe, That with some mixtures powerfull ore the blood,..He wrought vpon her.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 322 What can you vouch against him, Signior Lucio? Is this the man that you did tell vs of?

1663 R. South Serm. preached Nov. 9, 1662 6 In that Power and Dominion that God gave Adam over the Creatures: In that he was vouced [1692 vouched] his immediate Deputy upon Earth.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. xxxi. 208 What we have done None shall dare vouch, tho' it be truly known.

†b. With complement. Obsolete. rare.

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a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. v. 82 But like a timorous theefe, [I] most faine would steale What law does vouch mine owne.

a. To assert or affirm to be true or according to fact; to guarantee the truth or accuracy of (a statement, etc.); to attest or certify. Also const. against (a person).

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the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)]

certify1330

highta1375

testify1393

fortifyc1449

avoucha1513

aver1548

vouch1591

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > on basis of truth

verify1525

soothea1556

vouch1591

warrant1605

1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 49 Diuerse miracles vowched by sundry persons terrifyed the mindes of men.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 5 Nay tis most credible, we heere receiue it, A certaintie vouch'd from our Cosin Austria.

1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. xvi. 400 When any particular matter of fact is vouched by the concurrent Testimony of unsuspected Witnesses, there our Assent is also unavoidable.

1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Matt. xxviii. 15 What an improbable and unlikely Lie this was, which they put into the Soldiers Mouths to vouch.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 117 I believe the saying of Pliny is very true, that there is no lie so impudent which is not vouched by authority.

1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic vi. §2. 237 They will..respect nothing but facts sufficiently vouched.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 496 (note) Boyer, in his History of the Reign of Queen Anne, p. 12, says [etc.]... I should be glad to have found this vouched by better authority.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 99 Other legends were vouched by grave citations from a certain Book of Martyrdoms.

1879 M. Pattison Milton 153 An idle story that Milton died a Roman Catholic..is not well vouched, being hearsay three times removed.

absolute.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. vi. 12 Further vouches not my lay, Save that such lived in Britain's isle.1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 66 Go and see and vouch for certain.

b. With subordinate clause: To bear witness, to testify, that (etc.).

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)]

witne?c1225

witnessa1300

testimonyc1330

record1340

testify1393

depose1529

detest1562

voucher1609

voucha1616

evidence1620

bespeak1674

rap1728

assert1821

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. iii. 262 Vouch with me Heauen, I therefore beg it not To please the pallate of my Appetite.

a1806 S. Horsley 9 Serm. (1815) 138 Some few hours after, Peter vouches that he had seen our Saviour.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 313 The Prior of the Dominicans will vouch for me, that they are more than half heathen.

1884 Marshall's Tennis Cuts 24 That there are now occasional complaints on this score we can vouch from personal knowledge.

c. With complement to the object.

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1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 404 If a man succeeds in any attempt, though undertook with never so much folly and rashness, his success shall vouch him a Politician.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. 262 His [sc. Solomon's] judgment, whom God has hitherto vouched the wisest of men.

1903 Times 29 Jan. 13/4 The girl..had vouched the man Waugh as having been present.

a. To support or uphold by satisfactory evidence; to back with proofs of a practical or substantial character.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] > by practical means

assay1340

approve1551

vouch1579

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 3/1 That all they that teache, may vouch in deede, and of a trueth, that Iesus Christ speaketh by their mouth.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 458/1 To vouch our Godlinesse, that is to say, to shewe in deede & without dissembling that wee labour to serue God.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis i. 3 Let us take some account of what the 2 first opinions alledge one against another..now, if they be found unable to withstand the shock of one anothers opposition; we may reasonably cast our eies upon the third, to see what force it brings to vouch its interest.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 66 Mee damp horror chil'd At such bold words voucht with a deed so bold.

1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 281 If G. Whitehead cannot, by some better Miracles than these, vouch that Curse and Prophecy.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 90 A Change so monstrous I cou'd ne'er ha' thought, Though Partridge all his Stars to vouch it, brought.

1778 Hist. Eliza Warwick I. 29 Say, Madam, how can I possibly relieve you..and my zeal in serving you will best vouch the sincerity of my words.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. ii. 49 He afterwards honourably vouched his words by his deeds.

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft x. 394 The extreme antiquity of the building is vouched by the immense thickness of the walls.

1911 E. Beveridge North Uist vii. 239 The general character of this site is fully vouched by traces of five or six old dwellings.

b. To attest or substantiate by written evidence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > use written evidence [verb (transitive)]

document1711

vouch1745

1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. iii. i. 126 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.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 462 Either party may appeal to the superior court..except on bonds or notes vouched by two witnesses.

1886 Law Times Rep. 80 197/1 All expenses so claimed must be strictly vouched.

a. To support by recommendation; to become sponsor for (a person or thing). rare.

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1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Knowing you are such a Mæcenas of learning, that you will as soone vouch with Augustus a few verses, giuen by a poore Greeke as of the Arabian Courser.

1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 1 I want no Patrons, for to vouch my Books.

1775 C. Johnston Pilgrim 212 It was impossible to object to such a scheme, especially as the magistrate vouched the fellow's sagacity.

1906 A. Noyes Drake i. 82 Leicester vouched him; ‘This man's tale is true!’

b. To affirm or guarantee (the truth of a statement).

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the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] > the truth of a statement

voucha1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 5 Bid them repayre to th' Market place, where I..Will vouch the truth of it.

1670 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 112 One of our English Merchants there (of good repute, though I shall not vouch the truth of his story)..told us [etc.].

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (ed. 3) II. vi. 149 The three Tribuns..terrifying the City with forged stories..produced their creatures in the Rostra to vouch the truth of them to the people.

1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton III. 131 She had framed a novel against me,..so guarded at all points, that each part of it seemed to vouch the truth of the rest.

1805 ‘E. de Acton’ Nuns of Desert II. 179 Willet..should be summoned to vouch the truth of his own despatches.

c. To give or pledge (one's word of honour) for something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > pledge or undertake to give or do

sweara1154

fast?a1160

plightc1275

givec1300

undertake1393

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foldc1400

pledge?a1439

affiance1523

pass1528

betroth1573

assume1602

impawna1628

gagea1642

spond1698

guarantee1820

vouch1898

1898 Daily News 10 Nov. 4/7 M. Cavaignac has..insulted France by vouching his personal honour for a gross, clumsy,..forgery.

9. intransitive. With for.

a. To speak or bear witness in behalf of (a person); to be surety or sponsor for.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)]

to lay one's life, head, to wed971

to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330

again-behotea1382

to make (also do) faitha1382

pledge1458

to make (also give) warrantisea1535

undertake1548

subscribe1600

underwrite1623

seal1633

underwritea1657

hedge1676

vouch1687

to stand surety (or security)1776

to take warrant on oneself1828

stipulate1829

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > furnish evidence, vouch for > a person

vouch1687

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant Pref. c As to the Englishing of this Work, since the Translator has no body to Vouch for him, he must e'en leave it to take its chance.

1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage 215 The Salvo of Sir John Friendly's appearing at last, and vouching for Lord Foplington, won't mend the matter.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Person is said to Vouch for another, when he undertakes to maintain or warrant him in a thing, or passes his Word in his behalf.

1781 W. Cowper Let. 19 Feb. (1979) I. 449 Mr. Hill knows me well enough to be able to vouch for me that I am not overmuch addicted to Compliments [and] fine Speeches.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iv. 155 I dispute not the lad's qualities, for which your reverence vouches.

b. Of things: To supply evidence or assurance of (some fact).

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > furnish evidence, vouch for

verifyc1449

warrantc1480

able?1489

witness1526

support1581

license1694

vouch1755

1755 E. Young Centaur v, in Wks. (1757) IV. 222 What year, nay, what day, has passed unimpowered to vouch for his clement, and absolute reign?

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad Pref. p. xxxv The stories..would have appeared..altogether ridiculous,..till antiquity had procured them credit, or a tradition been formed afterwards to vouch for them to the world.

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. viii. 157 The very incident vouches for its sweet seclusion.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 352 The plan which he formed, though not wholly successful, seems to vouch for his generalship.

1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic 276 The certainty of the law..is vouched for..by the results of experiment.

c. To give personal assurance of the truth or accuracy of (a statement or fact). Also with accuracy, truth, etc., as object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)]

certify1340

assure1393

surec1460

ascertain1490

recognosce1533

secure1602

sickera1693

vouch1780

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. iii. 58 A very clear account truly! and I dare say the Lady will vouch for the truth of every word of it.

1798 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. clx I do not vouch for what I have said of the Bellerophon and Majestic.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 510 I cannot vouch for the accuracy of every minute particular, but am certain that the general statement will be found to be correct.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 24 When he relates anything for the truth of which he can not vouch.

1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia II. 176 I can vouch for the great frequency of these sources.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. iv. 54 I love the country better than ever, I can vouch for that.

†10. transitive. To assert a claim to (something). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim

challengea1240

claimc1320

pretend?a1425

vouch1488

to lay claim to1584

assert1649

vindicate1680

to take up1810

1488 Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 108/1 Becauss þe said thomas clamit þe said landes to pertene to alane kynnard.., and that he walde woche thaim wiþ the perell: The lordis þarefore ordanis þe said maister William to woche samekle of þe said landis as he plessis.

1491 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 216/2 The said Johne allegiit þat all þe saidis landis wer his fee & heretage, & wochit þe samyn wiþ þe perell of law in presens of þe lordis.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. xv. f. xxxix^v Howebeit this labor of myne, I vouche not as myne, but gyue al to goddes goodnes, by whose helpe all was wrought.

†11. To guarantee the title to, or legal possession of (something). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] > title to or legal possession of

vouch1604

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 105 Will vouchers vouch him no more of his purchases.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 64 If one ignorantly buyeth stolen Cattel, and hath them fairly vouched unto him..he cannot be damnified thereby.

12.

†a. To deign or think fit to do something; = vouchsafe v. 6. Also with simple object. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > deign to do

grantc1305

vouchsafea1350

beteem1567

vouch1589

condescend1599

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F I was..drawne..to..affoord you such companie as a poore swaine may yeeld without offence; which if you shall vouch to deigne of, I shall be..glad of such accepted seruice.

1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie F 3 b Marry, if you want lodging, if you vouch to shrowd your selues in a shepheards cotage, my house (for this night) shalbe your harbour.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. D3 Then must we all make sute..To Frier Bacon that he vouch this taske, And vndertake to counteruaile in skill The German.

b. To condescend to grant or give; to allow or permit; = vouchsafe v. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have > graciously or condescendingly

vouchsafea1400

deign1589

vouch1594

1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. D3^v If that I meant not Rasni to forgiue,..I would not vouch her presence in my Courts.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. vi. 107 Our Master Mars Hast vouch'd his Oracle, and to Arcite gave The grace of the Contention.

1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 200 Power And means vouched heretofore to some, and now To him who words the wonders he hath seen.

†13. intransitive. To deign to accept of something; = vouchsafe v. 6d. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > be a recipient [verb (intransitive)] > accept graciously

vouchsafe1587

vouch1589

1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Then..if my worke treating of Cicero, seeme not fit for Cicero..yet I craue that your Honour will vouch of it onely, for that it is written of Cicero.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 7 This Palmer..returning mee many thankes, voucht of my proffer, and was willing to take my house for his Inne.

1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 6 But you kind friends, that loue your countries wealth, Vouch of my labours.

Derivatives

vouched adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > supported by evidence

authorizeda1500

corroborate1532

openfounded1571

justifieda1586

witnessedc1595

exampled1600

attested1611

exemplified1613

voucheda1616

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adjective] > asseverated, asserted, affirmed, or positively stated

affirmed1568

voucheda1616

asserted1685

averred1818

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 65 Gon. But the rariety of it is, which is indeed almost beyond credit. Seb. As many voucht rarieties are.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 151 Aymer de Geraldin..who, by the less vouched, but plausible tradition..of the country, is said to have been descended from the Marmor of Clochnaben.

ˈvouching n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun]

i-witnessc888

witshipc900

warranting1303

recordc1330

witnessingc1330

bearingc1400

testificationc1450

certificate1472

certification1532

induction1551

suffrage1563

vouching1574

testifying1585

attestation1598

testation1642

attesting1661

adduction1687

attestment1850

the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > [noun]

vouching1574

1574 J. Baret Aluearie V 220 Such vouching or constant affirmance.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vouchement, a vouching in law.

1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ xi. 127 By the vouching of Theophylact I conceive they have gotten nothing.

1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 76 A Gentleman had bought a Horse, some Time ago, which happened not to answer his Vouchings.

1832 Rolls of Parl. Index 955/2 Collusive Sale of Land, and vouching by Warranty.

1894 A. Birrell Ess. i. 4 This side of the account needs no vouching; but there is another side.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	vouch
释义	vouchn. Brit. /vaʊtʃ/, U.S. /vaʊtʃ/ Etymology: < vouch v. †1. = voucher n.¹ 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > vouching to warranty teamOE voucher?1530 vouch1621 society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > summons > process by which vouchee was called > summoning of vouchee voucher?1530 vouch1621 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 128 Tell mee, if hee will not stand amazed at your Vouches in Fines and Recoueryes. 2. An assertion, allegation, or declaration; a formal statement or attestation of truth or fact. Now chiefly colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > an assertion, affirmation, or positive declaration protestationc1390 affirmationa1425 affirmativec1450 edipolc1450 protestc1460 assertion1531 asseveration1551 narration1554 asseverance1574 protesting1582 pol1600 vouch1610 vouchee1625 averment1659 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia To Rdr. sig. A4 An Arte-lesse Agent can..with the bare vouch of the generall goodnesse of the Ground..haile on the poore Pesant. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 156 My vouch against you, and my place i'th State, Will so your accusation ouer-weigh. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 14 Discrediting their vouches, by empairing their credits, and calling their Honesty into question. 1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 5 For having in the generall vouche and confession of the Church, beene reckoned with the Saints departed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). vouchv. Brit. /vaʊtʃ/, U.S. /vaʊtʃ/ Forms: Middle English voch- (Middle English Scottish woche), fouche, Middle English wowche, Middle English–1500s vowch, Middle English–1500s vouche, Middle English– vouch. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French vocher, voucher (Old French also voch- , vouchier , vougier , voukier ), to call, summon, invoke, claim, etc., obscurely < Latin vocāre to call. Compare avouch v. 1. a. transitive. Law. to vouch to warrant or to (also †for) warranty, to cite, call, or summon (a person) into court to give warranty of title. (After Anglo-Norman and Old French voucher a garant.) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > summon or issue summons against > summon to give warranty to vouch to warrant or to (also for) warrantya1325 vouch1523 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > cause to give evidence on oath > vouch to warranty teemOE to vouch to warrant or to (also for) warrantya1325 vouch1523 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xxxiv. 96 Ȝif þilke þat is ivoched to warant be in present, ant mid wille wolle waranti þe tenaunt. 1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 324/2 And over that, caused theym..to vouche by covyn to warrant one John Smyth, whiche also by covyn entred into warrant. 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII c. 19 Preamble Margaret vouched to warranty your said Suppliant. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xii^v Yf suche tenaunte be enpledyd by a precipe quod reddat .&c. & he voucheth his lorde to warranty. 1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. §136 The vouchee is he, whom the tenant voucheth, or calleth to warranty for the land in demaund. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 102 When the Tenant being impleaded within a particular iurisdiction..voucheth one to warranty. 1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent i. vi. 130 If the Heir at Common Law be vouched for Warranty. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 380 If the vasal's title to enjoy the feud was disputed, he might vouch, or call, the lord or donor to warrant or insure his gift. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 339 When a person is vouched to warranty, and enters of his own accord into the warranty, the law presumes, that he parted with his first possession with warranty. 1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. (ed. 2) ii. 78 The person vouched to warranty might in his turn vouch a second person, and the second vouchee a third. absolute.?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student sig. oiv^v When the tenaunt in tayle hath vouched to warrauntye.1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton II. 258 If the deforciant vouches to warranty, then the like process shall hold [etc.]. b. elliptical (with omission of to warrant). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > summon or issue summons against > summon to give warranty to vouch to warrant or to (also for) warrantya1325 vouch1523 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > cause to give evidence on oath > vouch to warranty teemOE to vouch to warrant or to (also for) warrantya1325 vouch1523 1538 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) i. v. f. 12^* The wyfe of the feoffoure bryngeth an action of Dower agaynste the issue of the feoffee, and he vouched the heyre of the feoffoure. 1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 370 If the tenaunt vouch a dead man, the demandant may auerre he is dead, or there is none such. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 386 b If two men make a Feoffment.., and the one die, the Feoffee cannot vouche the survivor only, but the heir of him that is dead also. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 359 If Edwards therefore be tenant of the freehold in possession,..Edwards doth first vouch Barker, and then Barker vouches Jacob Morland the common vouchee. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 273 The tenant to the præcipe then vouches the proprietor of the land. 1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. (ed. 2) ii. 78 If at the time of the claim the vouchee were dead, the possessor of the thing claimed could ‘vouch the tomb’ of the vendor. absolute.1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 20 If their copies were lost, they may vouche and resort to the lordes court rolles.1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 101 b The partie, if he hath a Warrantie, shall not vouche, but haue his action of couenant, if [etc.].1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §49. 23 If a bastard eigne..is impleaded..and vouch..and the vouchee enter into warranty.1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Yyy2b He that voucheth is called Voucher, (vocans) and he that is [vouched is] called Vouchee, (Warrantus). c. With over. Of a vouchee: To cite (another person) into court in his stead. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > summon or issue summons against > summon to give warranty > of another person by vouchee vouch1511 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > cause to give evidence on oath > vouch to warranty > of another person by vouchee vouch1511 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 18 Preamble In whiche..accione the seid tenauntes vouched to warrante Syre John Rysley Knyght and he vouched over to Warantie Thomas Fysshe. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 102 You shall finde in bookes a recouery with a single Voucher, and that is when there is but one Voucher, and with a double Voucher, and that is when the Vouchee voucheth over. 1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent i. vi. 130 If the Heir at Common Law be vouched for Warranty, who vouches the Heirs in Gavelkind because of the Possession, they all shall vouch over. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 359 He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 431 If a præcipe is brought against a tenant in tail and his wife,..and they both vouch over in the usual manner, it will bar the estate tail. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 431 A common recovery, in which he and his wife vouched over the common vouchee. †2. transitive. Generally: to call or summon. In quot. in passive. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1121 Legyounes of aungeleȝ togeder uoched Þer kesten ensens of swete smelle. 3. a. To take or call (a person) to witness. †In early use with to record. Also transferred (quot. 1700¹). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > call to witness to take witness of1390 vouchc1412 record1590 attest1609 to swear downa1616 appeal1645 to take up1821 invoke1851 c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1838 God of heuen vouch I to record, Þat..Thow schalt no cause haue more þus to muse. 1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 267/2 And yat ye same Wauter voucheth Baronez to recorde whiche bene present in yis Parlement, and wer present in yat Counseill. 1676 W. Longueville in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 125 Clarke..quoted Basset's man, a bookseller in Fleet-streete; and ye yong bookseller vouch't Mr. Freake, a yong barrister of ye Middle Temple. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Speeches Ajax & Ulysses in Fables 454 The Sun and Day are Witnesses for me. Let him who fights unseen relate his own, And vouch the silent Stars, and conscious Moon. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Speeches Ajax & Ulysses in Fables 457 That this is not a Fable forg'd by me,..I vouch ev'n Diomede. b. To cite or appeal to (authority, example, doctrine, etc.) in support of one's views or statements or as justification for a course of action. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as evidence to draw forthc1175 showa1325 drawc1330 allaya1387 to avouch a thing upon (a person)1393 allegea1398 adduce?a1425 induce1433 recite1509 infera1529 vouch1531 cite1550 avouch1573 relate1604 instance1608 rejourn1624 quote1663 abduce1720 invoke1879 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxiv. sig. hiij^v But the most catholike and renoumed doctours..vouche (as I mought say) to their ayde the autoritie of the writars. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 30 Bycause I sayd that our Preachers do alleadge Scriptures onely: and yet within a whiles after I added, that they did vouche the authoritie of the Fathers also. a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 195 He voucheth the example of Elias, how God, upon his prayer, shut and opened heaven. 1660 Scutum Regale: Royal Buckler 363 I vouch every mans experience to warrant this truth. 1692 J. Locke Toleration iii. ix. 215 So that you cannot vouch the Intention of the Magistrate, where his Laws say nothing. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 799 There is no such doctrine as that..which has been vouched in order to take away the effect of this deed. 1885 Ld. Esher in Law Times' Rep. (N.S.) 53 445/2 A solicitor cannot vouch his privilege in such a case as this. c. Similarly with reference to the citation of authors, works, etc. ΚΠ 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 71 In the catalogue of the auctors, yo^u haue omytted manye auctors vouched by chawcer. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. x. 545/2 For more credit to which assertion he vouched sundry books and actss. 1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 239 We haue truely vouched well nigh two hundred that consent with vs. 1651 H. L'Estrange Smectymnuo-mastyx 17 When he is vouched to serve their turns, he is set out with a more honorable encomium, he is then stiled A learned Jew, the famous Rabbi Maymonides. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. 43 For the truth of this I vouch the mathematicians. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. iii. i. 114 I am not certain..whether you will admit such Authorities, as 'tis possible I may vouch. 1831 Westm. Rev. Jan. 73 No one now regards such writers as Ascham, Burton, Chapman..as obsolete, or would hesitate to vouch them to justify a word and keep its memory from oblivion. 1866 Q. Rev. July 261 As he vouches another person for his former charge, and speaks allusively only of the second, it is difficult to say how much weight he attaches to either of these. d. To cite, quote, or adduce (a passage, etc.) out of a work in support of a view or statement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > use written evidence [verb (transitive)] > quote in support teemOE allaya1387 allegea1398 allegate?a1425 recitea1450 exemplify1509 cite1531 vouch1581 quote1582 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 25 b You recite at the last certeine of my wordes, vouched out of Augustine, which be as followeth. 1583 H. Howard Defensatiue sig. Ooj^v Since I find a sorte of godly verses vouched out of theyr vessels, by the learned fathers of the church. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. iii. iv. 89 Neither will I vouch examples out of ancient histories. 1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 155 His testimony vouch'd by Authors of that antiquity,..assure[s] mee..that such a worke was in their times, receiv'd as his. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 185 It would be too long to vouch texts for each particular. 1842 S. R. Maitland Remarks 72 A statement, that Philpot vouched the major of his argument ‘out of Vigilius, an ancient writer’. †4. a. To put in evidence, to display. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (transitive)] uppec897 atewOE sutelec1000 openOE awnc1175 kithec1175 forthteec1200 tawnec1220 let witc1275 forthshowa1300 to pilt out?a1300 showa1300 barea1325 mythc1330 unfoldc1374 to open outc1390 assign1398 mustera1400 reyve?a1400 vouchc1400 manifest?a1425 outshowc1425 ostendc1429 explayc1443 objecta1500 reveala1500 patefy?1509 decipher1529 relieve1533 to set outa1540 utter1542 report1548 unbuckle1548 to set forth1551 demonstrate1553 to hold forth1560 testify1560 explicate1565 forthsetc1565 to give show of1567 denudec1572 exhibit1573 apparent1577 display?1578 carry1580 cipher1583 laya1586 foreshow1590 uncloud?1594 vision1594 explain1597 proclaim1597 unroll1598 discloud1600 remonstrate1601 resent1602 to bring out1608 palesate1613 pronounce1615 to speak out1623 elicit1641 confess1646 bear1657 breathe1667 outplay1702 to throw out1741 evolve1744 announce1781 develop1806 exfoliate1808 evince1829 exposit1882 pack1925 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1358 Þis bolde Baltazar biþenkkes hym ones, To vouche on [= an] avayment of his vayne glorie. †b. To announce or declare (a vow). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > announce or declare (a promise) vouchc1400 nuncupate1606 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 165 Vchon glewed on his god þat gayned hym beste, Summe to Vernagu þer vouched a-vowes solemne. †c. To cast the responsibility of (something) on a person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [verb (transitive)] > impose (a duty) on someone enchargec1374 puta1382 vouchc1535 c1535 Ploughman's Tale iii. sig. C.iv^v On her bysshoppe their warant [to] vouche That is lawe of the decre. 5. a. To allege, assert, affirm or declare. Also const. upon or against (a person). Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)] ledgea1300 vouch1390 allege?a1400 suppose1411 pretendc1449 to-layc1450 reckonc1480 compare1536 obtend1573 make1593 represent1651 to trump up1697 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 295 Bot I spak nevere yit..That unto Cheste mihte touche, And that I durste riht wel vouche Upon hirself as for witnesse. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 24 For..sche myn herte toucheth, That for nothing that Slowthe voucheth I mai foryete hire. 1425 Rolls of Parl. IV. 267/2 Thenne..ye same Wauter seyth and voucheth, ye Parlement yat King Richard held at Westm' [etc.]. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 228 b From whence shall this mylde & charitable allegation..appeare at the length to be truly vouched agaynst Luther? a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 103 I therefore vouch againe, That with some mixtures powerfull ore the blood,..He wrought vpon her. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 322 What can you vouch against him, Signior Lucio? Is this the man that you did tell vs of? View more context for this quotation 1663 R. South Serm. preached Nov. 9, 1662 6 In that Power and Dominion that God gave Adam over the Creatures: In that he was vouced [1692 vouched] his immediate Deputy upon Earth. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. xxxi. 208 What we have done None shall dare vouch, tho' it be truly known. †b. With complement. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. v. 82 But like a timorous theefe, [I] most faine would steale What law does vouch mine owne. View more context for this quotation 6. a. To assert or affirm to be true or according to fact; to guarantee the truth or accuracy of (a statement, etc.); to attest or certify. Also const. against (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] certify1330 highta1375 testify1393 fortifyc1449 avoucha1513 aver1548 vouch1591 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > on basis of truth verify1525 soothea1556 vouch1591 warrant1605 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 49 Diuerse miracles vowched by sundry persons terrifyed the mindes of men. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 5 Nay tis most credible, we heere receiue it, A certaintie vouch'd from our Cosin Austria. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. xvi. 400 When any particular matter of fact is vouched by the concurrent Testimony of unsuspected Witnesses, there our Assent is also unavoidable. 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Matt. xxviii. 15 What an improbable and unlikely Lie this was, which they put into the Soldiers Mouths to vouch. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 117 I believe the saying of Pliny is very true, that there is no lie so impudent which is not vouched by authority. 1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic vi. §2. 237 They will..respect nothing but facts sufficiently vouched. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 496 (note) Boyer, in his History of the Reign of Queen Anne, p. 12, says [etc.]... I should be glad to have found this vouched by better authority. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 99 Other legends were vouched by grave citations from a certain Book of Martyrdoms. 1879 M. Pattison Milton 153 An idle story that Milton died a Roman Catholic..is not well vouched, being hearsay three times removed. absolute.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. vi. 12 Further vouches not my lay, Save that such lived in Britain's isle.1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 66 Go and see and vouch for certain. b. With subordinate clause: To bear witness, to testify, that (etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] witne?c1225 witnessa1300 testimonyc1330 record1340 testify1393 depose1529 detest1562 voucher1609 voucha1616 evidence1620 bespeak1674 rap1728 assert1821 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. iii. 262 Vouch with me Heauen, I therefore beg it not To please the pallate of my Appetite. a1806 S. Horsley 9 Serm. (1815) 138 Some few hours after, Peter vouches that he had seen our Saviour. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 313 The Prior of the Dominicans will vouch for me, that they are more than half heathen. 1884 Marshall's Tennis Cuts 24 That there are now occasional complaints on this score we can vouch from personal knowledge. c. With complement to the object. ΚΠ 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 404 If a man succeeds in any attempt, though undertook with never so much folly and rashness, his success shall vouch him a Politician. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. 262 His [sc. Solomon's] judgment, whom God has hitherto vouched the wisest of men. 1903 Times 29 Jan. 13/4 The girl..had vouched the man Waugh as having been present. 7. a. To support or uphold by satisfactory evidence; to back with proofs of a practical or substantial character. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] > by practical means assay1340 approve1551 vouch1579 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 3/1 That all they that teache, may vouch in deede, and of a trueth, that Iesus Christ speaketh by their mouth. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 458/1 To vouch our Godlinesse, that is to say, to shewe in deede & without dissembling that wee labour to serue God. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis i. 3 Let us take some account of what the 2 first opinions alledge one against another..now, if they be found unable to withstand the shock of one anothers opposition; we may reasonably cast our eies upon the third, to see what force it brings to vouch its interest. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 66 Mee damp horror chil'd At such bold words voucht with a deed so bold. View more context for this quotation 1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 281 If G. Whitehead cannot, by some better Miracles than these, vouch that Curse and Prophecy. a1704 T. Brown Satyr upon French King in Wks. (1707) I. i. 90 A Change so monstrous I cou'd ne'er ha' thought, Though Partridge all his Stars to vouch it, brought. 1778 Hist. Eliza Warwick I. 29 Say, Madam, how can I possibly relieve you..and my zeal in serving you will best vouch the sincerity of my words. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. ii. 49 He afterwards honourably vouched his words by his deeds. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft x. 394 The extreme antiquity of the building is vouched by the immense thickness of the walls. 1911 E. Beveridge North Uist vii. 239 The general character of this site is fully vouched by traces of five or six old dwellings. b. To attest or substantiate by written evidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > use written evidence [verb (transitive)] document1711 vouch1745 1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. iii. i. 126 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. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 462 Either party may appeal to the superior court..except on bonds or notes vouched by two witnesses. 1886 Law Times Rep. 80 197/1 All expenses so claimed must be strictly vouched. 8. a. To support by recommendation; to become sponsor for (a person or thing). rare. ΚΠ 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Knowing you are such a Mæcenas of learning, that you will as soone vouch with Augustus a few verses, giuen by a poore Greeke as of the Arabian Courser. 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 1 I want no Patrons, for to vouch my Books. 1775 C. Johnston Pilgrim 212 It was impossible to object to such a scheme, especially as the magistrate vouched the fellow's sagacity. 1906 A. Noyes Drake i. 82 Leicester vouched him; ‘This man's tale is true!’ b. To affirm or guarantee (the truth of a statement). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] > the truth of a statement voucha1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 5 Bid them repayre to th' Market place, where I..Will vouch the truth of it. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 112 One of our English Merchants there (of good repute, though I shall not vouch the truth of his story)..told us [etc.]. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (ed. 3) II. vi. 149 The three Tribuns..terrifying the City with forged stories..produced their creatures in the Rostra to vouch the truth of them to the people. 1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton III. 131 She had framed a novel against me,..so guarded at all points, that each part of it seemed to vouch the truth of the rest. 1805 ‘E. de Acton’ Nuns of Desert II. 179 Willet..should be summoned to vouch the truth of his own despatches. c. To give or pledge (one's word of honour) for something. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > pledge or undertake to give or do sweara1154 fast?a1160 plightc1275 givec1300 undertake1393 strokea1400 warranta1400 foldc1400 pledge?a1439 affiance1523 pass1528 betroth1573 assume1602 impawna1628 gagea1642 spond1698 guarantee1820 vouch1898 1898 Daily News 10 Nov. 4/7 M. Cavaignac has..insulted France by vouching his personal honour for a gross, clumsy,..forgery. 9. intransitive. With for. a. To speak or bear witness in behalf of (a person); to be surety or sponsor for. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)] to lay one's life, head, to wed971 to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330 again-behotea1382 to make (also do) faitha1382 pledge1458 to make (also give) warrantisea1535 undertake1548 subscribe1600 underwrite1623 seal1633 underwritea1657 hedge1676 vouch1687 to stand surety (or security)1776 to take warrant on oneself1828 stipulate1829 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > furnish evidence, vouch for > a person vouch1687 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant Pref. c As to the Englishing of this Work, since the Translator has no body to Vouch for him, he must e'en leave it to take its chance. 1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage 215 The Salvo of Sir John Friendly's appearing at last, and vouching for Lord Foplington, won't mend the matter. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Person is said to Vouch for another, when he undertakes to maintain or warrant him in a thing, or passes his Word in his behalf. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 19 Feb. (1979) I. 449 Mr. Hill knows me well enough to be able to vouch for me that I am not overmuch addicted to Compliments [and] fine Speeches. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iv. 155 I dispute not the lad's qualities, for which your reverence vouches. b. Of things: To supply evidence or assurance of (some fact). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > furnish evidence, vouch for verifyc1449 warrantc1480 able?1489 witness1526 support1581 license1694 vouch1755 1755 E. Young Centaur v, in Wks. (1757) IV. 222 What year, nay, what day, has passed unimpowered to vouch for his clement, and absolute reign? 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad Pref. p. xxxv The stories..would have appeared..altogether ridiculous,..till antiquity had procured them credit, or a tradition been formed afterwards to vouch for them to the world. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. viii. 157 The very incident vouches for its sweet seclusion. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 352 The plan which he formed, though not wholly successful, seems to vouch for his generalship. 1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic 276 The certainty of the law..is vouched for..by the results of experiment. c. To give personal assurance of the truth or accuracy of (a statement or fact). Also with accuracy, truth, etc., as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] certify1340 assure1393 surec1460 ascertain1490 recognosce1533 secure1602 sickera1693 vouch1780 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iv. iii. 58 A very clear account truly! and I dare say the Lady will vouch for the truth of every word of it. 1798 in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. clx I do not vouch for what I have said of the Bellerophon and Majestic. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 510 I cannot vouch for the accuracy of every minute particular, but am certain that the general statement will be found to be correct. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 24 When he relates anything for the truth of which he can not vouch. 1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia II. 176 I can vouch for the great frequency of these sources. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. iv. 54 I love the country better than ever, I can vouch for that. †10. transitive. To assert a claim to (something). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim challengea1240 claimc1320 pretend?a1425 vouch1488 to lay claim to1584 assert1649 vindicate1680 to take up1810 1488 Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 108/1 Becauss þe said thomas clamit þe said landes to pertene to alane kynnard.., and that he walde woche thaim wiþ the perell: The lordis þarefore ordanis þe said maister William to woche samekle of þe said landis as he plessis. 1491 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 216/2 The said Johne allegiit þat all þe saidis landis wer his fee & heretage, & wochit þe samyn wiþ þe perell of law in presens of þe lordis. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. xv. f. xxxix^v Howebeit this labor of myne, I vouche not as myne, but gyue al to goddes goodnes, by whose helpe all was wrought. †11. To guarantee the title to, or legal possession of (something). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] > title to or legal possession of vouch1604 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 105 Will vouchers vouch him no more of his purchases. View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 64 If one ignorantly buyeth stolen Cattel, and hath them fairly vouched unto him..he cannot be damnified thereby. 12. †a. To deign or think fit to do something; = vouchsafe v. 6. Also with simple object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > deign to do grantc1305 vouchsafea1350 beteem1567 vouch1589 condescend1599 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F I was..drawne..to..affoord you such companie as a poore swaine may yeeld without offence; which if you shall vouch to deigne of, I shall be..glad of such accepted seruice. 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie F 3 b Marry, if you want lodging, if you vouch to shrowd your selues in a shepheards cotage, my house (for this night) shalbe your harbour. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. D3 Then must we all make sute..To Frier Bacon that he vouch this taske, And vndertake to counteruaile in skill The German. b. To condescend to grant or give; to allow or permit; = vouchsafe v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have > graciously or condescendingly vouchsafea1400 deign1589 vouch1594 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. D3^v If that I meant not Rasni to forgiue,..I would not vouch her presence in my Courts. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. vi. 107 Our Master Mars Hast vouch'd his Oracle, and to Arcite gave The grace of the Contention. View more context for this quotation 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 200 Power And means vouched heretofore to some, and now To him who words the wonders he hath seen. †13. intransitive. To deign to accept of something; = vouchsafe v. 6d. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > be a recipient [verb (intransitive)] > accept graciously vouchsafe1587 vouch1589 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v Then..if my worke treating of Cicero, seeme not fit for Cicero..yet I craue that your Honour will vouch of it onely, for that it is written of Cicero. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 7 This Palmer..returning mee many thankes, voucht of my proffer, and was willing to take my house for his Inne. 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 6 But you kind friends, that loue your countries wealth, Vouch of my labours. Derivatives vouched adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > supported by evidence authorizeda1500 corroborate1532 openfounded1571 justifieda1586 witnessedc1595 exampled1600 attested1611 exemplified1613 voucheda1616 the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adjective] > asseverated, asserted, affirmed, or positively stated affirmed1568 voucheda1616 asserted1685 averred1818 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 65 Gon. But the rariety of it is, which is indeed almost beyond credit. Seb. As many voucht rarieties are. View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 151 Aymer de Geraldin..who, by the less vouched, but plausible tradition..of the country, is said to have been descended from the Marmor of Clochnaben. ˈvouching n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] i-witnessc888 witshipc900 warranting1303 recordc1330 witnessingc1330 bearingc1400 testificationc1450 certificate1472 certification1532 induction1551 suffrage1563 vouching1574 testifying1585 attestation1598 testation1642 attesting1661 adduction1687 attestment1850 the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > [noun] vouching1574 1574 J. Baret Aluearie V 220 Such vouching or constant affirmance. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vouchement, a vouching in law. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ xi. 127 By the vouching of Theophylact I conceive they have gotten nothing. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 76 A Gentleman had bought a Horse, some Time ago, which happened not to answer his Vouchings. 1832 Rolls of Parl. Index 955/2 Collusive Sale of Land, and vouching by Warranty. 1894 A. Birrell Ess. i. 4 This side of the account needs no vouching; but there is another side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610v.a1325
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