[vouch-seyf] 
verb, -safed, -saf⋅ing.| 1. | to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question. |
| 2. | to allow or permit, as by favor or graciousness: They vouchsafed his return to his own country. |
| 3. | to condescend; deign. |
| vouch·safe (vouch-sāf', vouch'sāf') tr.v. vouch·safed, vouch·saf·ing, vouch·safes To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign. [Middle English vouchen sauf, to warrant as safe : vouchen, to warrant; see vouch + sauf, safe; see safe.] vouch·safe'ment n. |
