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vouch

[vouch] ,
–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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

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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