vouchsafe

Syllables: vouch·safeUK/ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/

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Canada[ˌvʌʊtʃˈseɪf]

vouchsafe verb: to graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.

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.
- If Brutus will vouchſafe that Antony / May ſafely come to him ...1599?, William Shakespeare, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Wilt thou, whoſe will is large and ſpacious, / Not once vouchſafe to hide my will in thine?1609, William Shakespeare, Shake-speares sonnets: Neuer before Imprinted, London: G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe], and are to be solde by William Aspley, →OCLC, sonnet 135
Synonyms:

vouch
(intransitive) To receive or accept in condescension.
- Nancy's lips parted abruptly, as if there were angry words all ready to come; but her eyes, resting on Pollyanna's jubilantly trustful face, saw something that prevented the words being spoken.
  "Humph!" she vouchsafed. Then, showing her old-time interest, she went on: "But, say, it is queer, his...1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC
(transitive) To disclose or divulge.
- She vouchsafed to me that she regretted ever marrying him.
- What have the gods told you?
  What have you foreseen?
  The gods have vouchsafed me nothing, told me nothing.

مان لینا, وعدہ کرنا

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Needless to say, we have been vouchsafed no idea of what this might cost the innocent victims, the ratepayers.1964 July, “The mythology of monorails”, in Modern Railways, page 57:
The fundamentalist is concerned with what accords with some ultimate, sacred truth, as vouchsafed to an ancestral scribe or prophet, and not with traditions of human errancy.2018, Kwame Anthony Appiah, The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity—Creed, Country, Color, Class, Culture, New York: Liveright Publishing...
His predictions were at first to be guided by direct intimations vouchsafed to him by the god; […]1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 8, page 129:

third-person singular present	vouchsafes
present participle	vouchsafing
past participle	vouchsafed
past	vouchsafed

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

What does vouchsafe mean?: Vouchsafe means to graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.
What is vouchsafe in Urdu?: Vouchsafe in Urdu is مان لینا, وعدہ کرنا. See Vouchsafe meaning in Urdu.
How do you use vouchsafe in a sentence?: Needless to say, we have been vouchsafed no idea of what this might cost the innocent victims, the ratepayers.
What part of speech is vouchsafe?: Vouchsafe is a verb.
How do you pronounce vouchsafe?: Vouchsafe is pronounced /ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/ (UK).
What is the past tense of vouchsafe?: The past tense of vouchsafe is vouchsafed.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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