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verb (used without object)
1.
to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
2.
to attest; guarantee; certify (usually followed 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.
EXPANDArchaic. to declare as with warrant; vouch for.
8.
COLLAPSEObsolete. to call or take as a witness.
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Vouched
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noun Obsolete.
9.
a vouching; an assertion.
10.
a formal attestation; a supporting warrant.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English vouchen < Anglo-French, Middle French vo(u)cher, Old French avochier < Latin advocāre; see advocate
1275–1325; Middle English vouchen < Anglo-French, Middle French vo(u)cher, Old French avochier < Latin advocāre; see advocate
Related forms
un·vouched, adjective
well-vouched, adjective
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vouch
early 14c., "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
EXPAND voice). Meaning "guarantee to be true or accurate" is first attested 1590s.
COLLAPSE
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