Withsave

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To assure. archaic, transitive

    "And few there ys but fyrſt or laſt a tyme in loue ones ſhall they haue & glad I am my tyme ys paſt henceforthe my fredome to wͭſaue 1831 translation: And few there is but first or last, A time in love once shall they have; And glad I am my time is past, Henceforth my freedom to withsave."

  2. 2
    To vouchsafe; deign. archaic, intransitive

Example

More examples

"And few there ys but fyrſt or laſt a tyme in loue ones ſhall they haue & glad I am my tyme ys paſt henceforthe my fredome to wͭſaue 1831 translation: And few there is but first or last, A time in love once shall they have; And glad I am my time is past, Henceforth my freedom to withsave."

Etymology

From with- + save.

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