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- 1 An assertion, a declaration; also, a formal attestation or warrant of the correctness or truth of something. archaic, obsolete
"VVho will beleeue thee Iſabell? My vnſoild name, th' auſteereneſſe of my life, My vouch againſt you, and my place i'th State, VVill ſo your accuſation ouer-vveigh, That you ſhall ſtifle in your ovvne report, And ſmell of calumnie."
- 1 To call on (someone) to be a witness to something. transitive
"Nor need I ſpeak my Deeds, for thoſe you ſee, The Sun and Day are Witneſſes for me. Let him who fights unſeen, relate his own, And vouch the ſilent Stars, and conſcious Moon."
- 2 give supporting evidence wordnet
- 3 To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions. transitive
"But the most catholike and renoumed doctours of Christes religion in the corroboration of their argumentes and sentences, do alledge the same histories and vouche (as I mought say) to their ayde the autoritie of the writars."
- 4 summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title wordnet
- 5 To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement). transitive
"Nay tis moſt credible, we heere receiue it, A certaintie vouch'd from our Coſin Auſtria, […]"
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- 6 give surety or assume responsibility wordnet
- 7 To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something). transitive
"If a Man ſucceeds in any Attempt, though undertook with never ſo much Folly and Raſhneſs, his Succeſs ſhall vouch him a Politician; and good Luck ſhall paſs for deep Contrivance: […]"
- 8 give personal assurance; guarantee wordnet
- 9 To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof. transitive
"[M]ee damp horror chil'd At ſuch bold words voucht with a deed ſo bold: […]"
- 10 Synonym of vouchsafe (“to condescendingly or graciously give or grant (something)”). archaic, transitive
"Our Maſter Mars Haſt vouch'd his Oracle, and to Arcite gave The grace of the Contention: So the Deities Have ſhewd due juſtice: […]"
- 11 To assert, aver, or declare (something). archaic, obsolete, transitive
"But wherein then according to their Opinion did this Image of God conſiſt? Why, in that Power and Dominion that God gave Adam over the Creatures: In that he was vouched his immediate Deputy upon Earth, the Viceroy of the Creation, and Lord-Lieutenant of the World."
- 12 In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land. transitive
"[W]hen the Tenant being impleaded within a particular iuriſdiction (as in London or the like) voucheth one to warranty and prayes that he may be ſummoned in ſome other county out of the iuriſdiction of that Court: this is called a foreine Voucher, […]"
- 13 Followed by over: of a vouchee (a person summoned to court to establish a warranty of title): to summon (someone) to court in their place. transitive
"[I]t is now uſual always to have a recovery with double voucher at the leaſt; by firſt conveying an eſtate of freehold to any indifferent perſon, againſt whom the praecipe is brought; and then he vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee."
- 14 To guarantee legal title (to something). obsolete, transitive
"[W]ill vouchers vouch him no more of his purchaſes & doubles then the length and breadth of a payre of Indentures?"
- 15 Often followed by for.; To bear witness or testify; to guarantee or sponsor. intransitive
"I can vouch that he wasn’t at the scene of the crime."
- 16 Often followed by for.; To provide evidence or proof. intransitive
- 17 Often followed by for.; To express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something. intransitive
"Lives still such maid?—Fair damsels say, For further vouches not my lay, Save that such lived in Britain's isle, Where Lorn's bright Edith scorn'd to smile."
Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English vouchen (“to call, summon; to provide; to make available, proffer; to affirm, declare formally”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vocher, voucher, woucher, and Old French vocher, voucher, vochier (“to call, summon; to claim; to call upon, invoke; to denounce”) [and other forms], from Vulgar Latin *vocicāre, derived from Latin vocāre (“to call, summon; to call upon, invoke; to designate, name; to bring or put (into a condition or state”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to sound out; to speak”). Verb sense 8.1 (“to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land”) in the form vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty is a calque from Anglo-Norman and Old French voucher a garant. The noun is derived from the verb.
The verb is derived from Middle English vouchen (“to call, summon; to provide; to make available, proffer; to affirm, declare formally”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vocher, voucher, woucher, and Old French vocher, voucher, vochier (“to call, summon; to claim; to call upon, invoke; to denounce”) [and other forms], from Vulgar Latin *vocicāre, derived from Latin vocāre (“to call, summon; to call upon, invoke; to designate, name; to bring or put (into a condition or state”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to sound out; to speak”). Verb sense 8.1 (“to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land”) in the form vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty is a calque from Anglo-Norman and Old French voucher a garant. The noun is derived from the verb.
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