vouchsafe

Definition

To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.

Etymology

From vouch + safe, written as two words in Middle English and early Modern English.

Example Sentences

• "If Brutus will vouchſafe that Antony / May ſafely come to him ..."
• "Wilt thou, whoſe will is large and ſpacious, / Not once vouchſafe to hide my will in thine?"
• "Needless to say, we have been vouchsafed no idea of what this might cost the innocent victims, the ratepayers."