Vouchsafe

//ˌvaʊt͡ʃˈseɪf// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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 ..."

  2. 2
    grant in a condescending manner wordnet
  3. 3
    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.""

  4. 4
    To disclose or divulge.

    "She vouchsafed to me that she regretted ever marrying him."

Etymology

From vouch + safe, written as two words in Middle English and early Modern English.

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