vouchsafe

[US]/vaʊtʃ'seɪf/
[UK]/vaʊtʃˈsef/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vouchsafe - grant or promise to give
Word Forms
Past Participlevouchsafed
Past Tensevouchsafed
Present Participlevouchsafing
Third Person Singularvouchsafes

Example Sentences

won't vouchsafe an answer to your question.

Elinor would not vouchsafe any answer.

it is a blessing vouchsafed him by heaven.

you'd never vouchsafed that interesting titbit before.

vouchsafe a moment of your time

vouchsafe a word of advice

vouchsafe a second chance

vouchsafe a kind gesture

vouchsafe a moment of reflection

vouchsafe a helping hand

Real-world Examples

Wilt thou, whose will is large and spacious, Not once vouchsafe to hide my will in thine?

Source: The complete original version of the sonnet.

Presently, the sergeant hoped, a gleam of light would be vouchsafed him.

Source: One Shilling Candle (Upper)

I am in open mutiny against the Professor, who vouchsafes no answer.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

As though guessing what must be passing through the other's mind, the stranger vouchsafed an explanation.

Source: Son of Mount Tai (Part 2)

She vouchsafed the name of love to that heroic sentiment which was met with in France in the time of Henri III.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

Julien did not vouchsafe any answer to the kindly consideration of which he was the object during all the rest of the walk.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

" They was put aw'y wet, sir, " he vouchsafed explanation. " But you'll 'ave to make them do till I dry yours out by the fire" .

Source: Sea Wolf (Volume 1)

The calling voices of all those who had fought and to whom it had been vouchsafed to complete their missions.

Source: The heart is a lonely hunter.

If I feel that the greatest blessings vouchsafed to us are not very valuable, how can I feel it to be any great hardship when they are taken away?

Source: Returning Home

Together they drag him into the shed — as we know, the event had occurred just outside — and they realize the marvellous opportunity that has been vouchsafed them.

Source: Murder at the golf course

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