vouch

n. Warrant; attestation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The vouch of very malice itself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will not believe her until the elector of Hanover shall vouch for the truth of what she has . . . affirmed. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To assert; to aver; to declare. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will his vouchers vouch him no more? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great writers of that age stand up together as vouchers for one another's reputation. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands. (b) The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A document attesting to a credit against certain defined expenditures; a recipt for prepayment; -- often used in pre-arranged travel plans, to provide evidence of pre-payment of the cost of lodging, transportation, or meals. [ PJC ]

n. A solemn assertion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) Same as Voucher, 3 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold
What power the charms of beauty had of old. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vouchsafed p. pr. & vb. n. Vouchsafing. ] [ Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch or answer for safety. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow. [ 1913 Webster ]

If ye vouchsafe that it be so. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathens the means of salvation. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To receive or accept in condescension. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]