vouchsafe

UK /ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/ US /ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/
verb 3

Definitions

verb

1

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 ...

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

2

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 speakin' to you, honestly, Miss Pollyanna. He don't speak ter no one; and he lives all alone in a great big lovely house all full of jest grand things, they say. Some says he's crazy, and some jest cross; and some says he's got a skeleton in his closet."

3

To disclose or divulge.

She vouchsafed to me that she regretted ever marrying him.

His predictions were at first to be guided by direct intimations vouchsafed to him by the god; […]

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