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vouch

  [vouch] ,
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–verb (used without object)
1. to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually fol. by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
2. to attest; guarantee; certify (usually fol. by for): to vouch for someone in a business transaction.
–verb (used with object)
3. to sustain or uphold by, or as if by, practical proof or demonstration.
4. (formerly) to call or summon (a person) into court to make good a warranty of title.
5. to adduce or quote in support, as extracts from a book or author; cite in warrant or justification, as authority, instances, facts, etc.
6. Archaic. to warrant or attest; to support or authenticate with vouchers.
7. Archaic. to declare as with warrant; vouch for.
8. Obsolete. to call or take as a witness.
–noun Obsolete.
9. a vouching; an assertion.
10. a formal attestation; a supporting warrant.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME vouchen < AF, MF vo(u)cher, OF avochier < L advocāre; see advocate
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vouch   (vouch)   
v.   vouched, vouch·ing, vouch·es

v.   intr.
  1. To give personal assurances; give a guarantee: vouch for an old friend's trustworthiness.
  2. To constitute supporting evidence; give substantiation: a candidate whose strong record vouches for her ability.
v.   tr.
  1. To substantiate by supplying evidence; prove: charges that he could not vouch.
  2. Law To summon as a witness to give warranty of title.
  3. To refer to (an authority, for example) in support or corroboration; cite.
  4. To assert; declare.
n.   Obsolete
A declaration of opinion; an assertion.

[Middle English vouchen, to summon to court, warrant, from Anglo-Norman voucher, probably from Vulgar Latin *voticāre, alteration of Latin vocitāre, frequentative of vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]
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Vouch

Vouch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vouched; p. pr. & vb. n. Vouching.] [OE. vouchen, OF. vochier to call, fr. L. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See Voice, and cf. Avouch.]

1. To call; to summon. [Obs.]

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

2. To call upon to witness; to obtest.

Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon. --Dryden.

3. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.

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

4. To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.

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

5. (Law) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.

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

Syn: To obtest; declare; affirm; attest; warrant; confirm; asseverate; aver; protest; assure.

Vouch

Vouch\, v. i. 1. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.

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

2. To assert; to aver; to declare. --Shak.

Vouch

Vouch\, n. Warrant; attestation. [Obs.]

The vouch of very malice itself. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : vouch
Spanish: garantizar,
German: sich verbürgen,
Japanese: 保証する
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vouch 
c.1325, "summon into court to prove a title," from Anglo-Fr. voucher, O.Fr. vocher "to call, summon, invoke, claim," probably from Gallo-Romance *voticare, metathesis of L. vocitare "to call to, summon insistently," frequentative of L. vocare "to call, call upon, summon" (see voice). Meaning "guarantee to be true or accurate" is first attested 1591.
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Main Entry: vouch
Pronunciation: 'vauch
Function: verb
Etymology: Anglo-French voucher to call, summon, summon to court as guarantor of a title, ultimately from Latin vocare to call, summon
transitive verb 1 : to summon into court
2 : to verify (a business transaction) by examining documentary evidence intransitive verb 1 : to become surety
2 a : to supply supporting evidence or testimony b : to give personal assurance
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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