vouchsafe

WOTD – 10 November 2007    

English

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf/

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• Rhymes: -eɪf

Verb

vouchsafe (third-person singular simple present vouchsafes, present participle vouchsafing, simple past and past participle vouchsafed)

1. To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Synonyms

• deign

Related terms

• vouchesafement
• vouchsafing

Translations

Condescendingly grant a right

• Dutch: genadig toestaan (nl)
• French: accorder de manière clémente (fr)
• German: gewähren (de)
• Polish: zaszczycić (pl)

• Portuguese: permitir (pt)
• Russian: соизволить (ru) (soizvolit') n, удостаивать (ru) (udostáivatʼ) n
• Turkish: bahşetmek (tr), ihsan etmek (tr), lütfetmek (tr)