vouch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French voucher, from Latin vocāre, present active infinitive of vocō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaʊtʃ/
• Rhymes: -aʊtʃ

Verb

1. To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
2. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations

   Synonyms: attest, affirm, avouch

   • Atterbury

     They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it.

   I can vouch that the match took place.

   • Shelley Mary

     The tears that suffused my sister's eyes when I mentioned our friend, and her heightened colour seemed to vouch for the truth of the reports that had reached me.

3. To back; to support; to confirm.
   • Milton

     Me damp horror chilled / At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold.

4. To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
   • Blackstone

     He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee.

5. (obsolete) To call; to summon.
   • Sir T. Elyot

     [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers.

6. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
   • Jonathan Swift

     He will not believe her until the elector of Hanover shall vouch for the truth of what she has […] affirmed.

7. To call as a witness.
   • Dryden

     Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon.

8. To assert; to aver; to declare.

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Related terms

• avouch

Translations

to take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 担保 (zh) (dānbǎo)

• French: se porter garant (fr)
• Georgian: თავდებად დადგომა (tavdebad dadgoma)
• German: bezeugen (de)
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• Hungarian: tanúsít (hu)
• Polish: ręczyć (pl), odpowiadać (pl)
• Portuguese: responsabilizar-se (por)
• Serbo-Croatian: jamčiti (sh)
• Spanish: valefacer

to warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch

• Georgian: თავდებად დადგომა (tavdebad dadgoma)
• German: bürgen (de) (with dafür), einstehen (de) (with dafür), verbürgen (de) (reflexive; with dafür), versichern (de), garantieren (de), bezeugen (de)
• Portuguese: garantir (pt), assegurar (pt), asseverar (pt)
• Russian: ручаться (ru) (ručatʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гарантирати (garantirati), јамчити (jamčiti), гарантовати (garantovati), јемчити (jemčiti)

  Roman: garantirati (sh), jamčiti (sh), garantovati (sh), jemčiti (sh)

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• Spanish: valefacer

to back; to support; to confirm; to establish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保证 (zh) (bǎozhèng)

• French: entériner (fr)
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• Georgian: დადასტურება (dadasṭureba), დამოწმება (damoc̣meba), დამტკიცება (damṭḳiceba)
• Russian: подтвержда́ть (ru) (podtverždátʹ)
• Spanish: valefacer

to call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title

• Georgian: სასამართლოში დაბარება (sasamartloši dabareba)
• Russian: вызыва́ть (vyzyvátʹ) в (v) суд (ru) (sud)
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• Spanish: valefacer

to bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出庭作证 (chūtíng zuò zhèng), 作证 (zh) (zuò zhèng)

• Georgian: ჩვენების მიცემა (čvenebis micema)
• German: bezeugen (de)
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• Russian: дава́ть (davátʹ) показания (ru) (pokazanija)
• Serbo-Croatian: posvjedočiti (sh)
• Spanish: valefacer

to assert; to aver; to declare

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 断定 (zh) (duàndìng)

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• French: attester (fr)
• Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba)
• Serbo-Croatian: tvrditi (sh), zajamčiti (sh)
• Spanish: valefacer

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Noun

vouch (plural vouches)

1. Warrant; attestation.