vouchsafe
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- 20
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 9
/ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/
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/ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf/ · [ˌvʌʊtʃˈseɪf]
Definition of vouchsafe
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(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 ...”
“Wilt thou, whoſe will is large and ſpacious, / Not once vouchſafe to hide my will in thine?”
“Needless to say, we have been vouchsafed no idea of what this might cost the innocent victims, the ratepayers.”
“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.”
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verb
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(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 ...”
“Wilt thou, whoſe will is large and ſpacious, / Not once vouchſafe to hide my will in thine?”
“Needless to say, we have been vouchsafed no idea of what this might cost the innocent victims, the ratepayers.”
“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.”
- (intransitive)To receive or accept in condescension.
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(transitive)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; […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From vouch + safe, written as two words in Middle English and early Modern English.
Words you can make from vouchsafe
170 playable · top: AVOUCHES (16 pts)
Best play avouches 16 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
10 words5-letter words
36 words- CHAFE 13 pts
- CHEFS 13 pts
- CHUFA 13 pts
- HAVOC 13 pts
- SCHAV 13 pts
- VOUCH 13 pts
- FAUVE 11 pts
- FAVES 11 pts
- FAVUS 11 pts
- FOVEA 11 pts
- HAVES 11 pts
- SHAVE 11 pts
- SHEAF 11 pts
- SHOVE 11 pts
- ACHES 10 pts
- CAFES 10 pts
- CAVES 10 pts
- CHAOS 10 pts
- CHASE 10 pts
- CHOSE 10 pts
- CHUSE 10 pts
- COVES 10 pts
- ECHOS 10 pts
- FACES 10 pts
- FOCUS 10 pts
- HOCUS 10 pts
- OCHES 10 pts
- SAUCH 10 pts
- VOCES 10 pts
- HOUSE 8 pts
- OAVES 8 pts
- SOAVE 8 pts
- SUAVE 8 pts
- UVEAS 8 pts
- CAUSE 7 pts
- SAUCE 7 pts
4-letter words
50 words- CHEF 12 pts
- FAHS 10 pts
- FASH 10 pts
- FAVE 10 pts
- FAVS 10 pts
- FEHS 10 pts
- HAVE 10 pts
- HOVE 10 pts
- ACHE 9 pts
- CAFE 9 pts
- CAFS 9 pts
- CASH 9 pts
- CAVE 9 pts
- CHAO 9 pts
- COSH 9 pts
- COVE 9 pts
- EACH 9 pts
- ECHO 9 pts
- FACE 9 pts
- OCHE 9 pts
- OUCH 9 pts
- SUCH 9 pts
- VACS 9 pts
- AVES 7 pts
- AVOS 7 pts
- FEUS 7 pts
- FOES 7 pts
- FUSE 7 pts
- HAES 7 pts
- HAOS 7 pts
- HOES 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- HUES 7 pts
- OAFS 7 pts
- SAFE 7 pts
- SAVE 7 pts
- SHEA 7 pts
- SHOE 7 pts
- SOFA 7 pts
- UVEA 7 pts
- VASE 7 pts
- VAUS 7 pts
- VOES 7 pts
- ACES 6 pts
- CASE 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- ECOS 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- OCAS 6 pts
- SOCA 6 pts
3-letter words
53 words- FAH 9 pts
- FAV 9 pts
- FEH 9 pts
- FOH 9 pts
- CAF 8 pts
- OCH 8 pts
- VAC 8 pts
- AHS 6 pts
- ASH 6 pts
- AVE 6 pts
- AVO 6 pts
- EFS 6 pts
- FAS 6 pts
- FES 6 pts
- FEU 6 pts
- FOE 6 pts
- FOU 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- HAS 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HOE 6 pts
- HOS 6 pts
- HUE 6 pts
- OAF 6 pts
- OHS 6 pts
- OVA 6 pts
- SEV 6 pts
- SHA 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- SHO 6 pts
- SOH 6 pts
- VAS 6 pts
- VAU 6 pts
- VOE 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- SAC 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAU 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SOU 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
2-letter words
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