vouchsafe

== English == === Etymology === From vouch +‎ safe, written as two words in Middle English and early Modern English. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/ (Canada) IPA(key): [ˌvʌʊtʃˈseɪf] Rhymes: -eɪf Hyphenation: vouch‧safe === Verb === vouchsafe (third-person singular simple present vouchsafes, present participle vouchsafing, simple past and past participle vouchsafed) (transitive) To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge. Synonym: (archaic) vouch (intransitive) To receive or accept in condescension. (transitive) To disclose or divulge. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:vouchsafe. ==== Synonyms ==== deign ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “vouchsafe”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.