英语词汇“vouchsafe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	vouchsafe
释义	vouch·safe \(ˌ)vau̇chˈsāf\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English vouchen sauf, from vouchen to vouch + sauf safe — more at vouch, safe 1. a. : to furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner : accord, supply < asked no questions … vouchsafed no information — I.V.Morris > < occasionally a true poet is vouchsafed to the world — Rumer Godden > < some of the information vouchsafed by colleagues was only imperfectly grasped by him — R.A.Fowkes > < discipline that only a systematic and formal study of language … can vouchsafe — H.R.Warfel > b. : to choose to give by way of reply < know little more … than what he has vouchsafed in occasional interviews — T.H.White b. 1915 > 2. : to grant as a privilege : allow, permit < settle terms for evacuating their 1500 wounded, as vouchsafed by the Communists at Geneva — Time > < we are seldom vouchsafed a glance behind this barrier — J.K.Galbraith > 3. a. : to grant as a special favor : condescend, deign < vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin — Book of Com. Prayer > b. obsolete : to accept graciously < vouchsafe good morrow from a feeble tongue — Shakespeare > Synonyms: see grant
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