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to vouchsafe (from vouch + safe, safety) has several meanings:
- to allow/permit to be done without danger.
- to condescend or deign to give or grant something.
Quotations:
1. "Shall I vouchsafe /permit/ your worship a word or two!" -Shakespeare
2. "Vouchsafe /condescend/, illustrious Ormond, to behold
What pow'r the charms of beauty had of old." -Dryden
Examples of more recent usage:
- 'In prospect, he said, was a Shia-dominated government "which may have no cohesive objective except to vouchsafeministerial portfolios for the component political parties".' -quote from Simon Tisdall's article entitled "Iran could be the big winner in Iraq's election", Guardian.co.uk, May 10, 2010
- "However, many would vouchsafe that it is Darjeeling that deserves the honor with the magnificent background of Kanchenjunga." -travel guide, 'The Day After' (India), May 2010
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