vouched

Verb

vouch (third-person singular simple present vouches, present participle vouching, simple past and past participle vouched)

1. (transitive) To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
   • Nor need I ſpeak my Deeds, for thoſe you ſee,
     The Sun and Day are Witneſſes for me.
     Let him who fights unſeen, relate his own,
     And vouch the ſilent Stars, and conſcious Moon.1717, John Dryden, “Book XIII. [The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses.]”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 436
2. (transitive) To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
   • But the most catholike and renoumed doctours of Christes religion in the corroboration of their argumentes and sentences, do alledge the same histories and vouche (as I mought say) to their ayde the autoritie of the writars.1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of Experience whiche haue Preceded Our Tyme, with a Defence of Histories”, in Ernest Rhys, editor, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph]...

   Synonyms:

   obtest

3. (transitive) To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
   • Nay tis moſt credible, we heere receiue it,
     A certaintie vouch'd from our Coſin Auſtria, […]c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

   Synonyms:

   attest, avouch, certify

4. (transitive) To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
   • If a Man ſucceeds in any Attempt, though undertook with never ſo much Folly and Raſhneſs, his Succeſs ſhall vouch him a Politician; and good Luck ſhall paſs for deep Contrivance: […]1685 March 3 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar); first published 1692, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at the Westminster-Abbey, February 22. 1684–5 [Julian calendar]”, in Twelve Sermons Preached...
5. (transitive) To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
   • [M]ee damp horror chil'd
     At ſuch bold words voucht with a deed ſo bold: […]1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
6. (archaic, transitive) Synonym of vouchsafe (“to condescendingly or graciously give or grant (something)”).
   • Our Maſter Mars
     Haſt vouch'd his Oracle, and to Arcite gave
     The grace of the Contention: So the Deities
     Have ſhewd due juſtice: […]1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act V, scene iv, page 88

   Synonyms:

   vouchsafe

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