[vouch] 
,| 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. |
| 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. |
| 9. | a vouching; an assertion. |
| 10. | a formal attestation; a supporting warrant. |
| vouch (vouch) v. vouched, vouch·ing, vouch·es v. intr.
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.] |
