vouchsafev.

Brit.

/(ˌ)vaʊtʃˈseɪf/, U.S.

/vaʊtʃˈseɪf/,

/ˈvaʊtʃˌseɪf/

Forms: α. Middle English vowche-, Middle English vowch-, Middle English–1500s vouche- (Middle English voche-, Middle English woche-, vousshe-), Middle English– vouch-, 1500s–1600s voutchsafe, etc.; also Middle English votesave, 1500s voutsalfe, vousalf, vowt-, voult-, 1500s–1700s voutsafe, 1600s voutchafe. β. Middle English fowche-, fouche-, Middle English ffouch-, foche-, fuch(e)safe, etc.; also Middle English fuchesef. γ. Middle English woche- (Middle English woches-; whoche-), Middle English woch-, Middle English–1500s wouche- (Middle English woushe-), 1500s wouchsafe, etc.; also Middle English wot-save, 1600s wowchaife, wouchaife, wouchaiffe. δ. Middle English weche-, Middle English wych(e-, wiche-, 1500s wich-safe, etc.; also Middle English wet-saffe, wytsaff, Scottish witsaufe, 1500s witsave, witsaffe, witsafe, wytsaue, wytsave, wytsaufe; Middle English Scottish wichauf, wiche-, wichsauf, wichsaif, Middle English–1500s witschaif, 1500s withsaif, withsave, withschaif, wythsaue, wythsave, 1600s witchaff; Middle English witeselfe, 1500s witesafe, 1500s wytesave (Middle English wyȝt-). (For usual variants of the second element see safe adj., and for special illustration of forms see sense 6b.)

Etymology: < vouch v. (in the sense of ‘warrant’) + safe adj. In early use still treated as two words, with normal inflection of the verb, and occasional inversion (safe vouch), or insertion of words between the verb and adjective.

I. Senses relating to conferring or bestowing, especially graciously.

†1. transitive. To confer or bestow (some thing, favour, or benefit) on a person:

a. With separable verb and adjective. (Frequently in 14th cent. romances.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have

lenda900

unneeOE

titheeOE

i-unneeOE

reachOE

aleneOE

yatea1122

yielda1225

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agrauntea1400

octroy1480

vouchsafe1587

beteem1600

stretch1711

accordc1820

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6345 He vouchede hyt [sc. his property] saufe on vs, he seyd, Þat we ȝave hyt whan he deyde.

a1400 Sir Amadace (Camden) liii And ȝe be a mon that wille wedde a wife, I vouche hur safe, be my life, On ȝo that fayre may.

c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 453 I vowch hym wylle save on the, To do what thy wylle bee.

1457 J. Hardyng Chron. i, in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1912) 742 Seth that prynce is gone..I vouche it sauf, wyth all benyvolence, On yow, gode lorde, hys sonne and hayre that bene.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 96 Quhy suld man tak It fra thame, sen god vouchis jt sauf on thame.

c1510 Gest Robyn Hode ccclxxxi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 75/1 But yf I had an hondred pounde, I wolde vouch it safe on the.

†b. With verb and adjective in juxtaposition or combination. Obsolete.

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c1330 King of Tars 336 Ich fouchesaf on him my blod, To him heo nis not to good, Though heo weore ten so briht.

c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 254 Is þer now neyþer worde ne chere Ye vowchensauff vpon myn hevynesse?

a1440 Sir Eglam. 222 Lorde, y have servyd yow many a day, Vowchesafe ye hur on mee.

c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 7 For yt ys nouhte ywys convenyent,..Alle forto holde that vnto yow ys brouhte, And as wrecches on other vouchesauf nouhte.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) i. 624 But syth þou wytyst saff a dyner on me, with pes and grace I entyr þi hows.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 10 Na rewaird desire I of ȝour grace Bot to witchaif on me sa greit credence [etc.].

1598 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. Pref. sig. **2 You may see..what gracious priuileges and high prerogatiues were by diuers kings vouchsafed vpon them.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 210 What woman will you find..On whom his leisure will vouchsafe an eye Of fond desire?

2. To give, grant, or bestow in a gracious or condescending manner:

a. Without const.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have > graciously or condescendingly

vouchsafea1400

deign1589

vouch1594

a1400 Sir Amadace (Camden) xxxii Sadyll, brydyll, and oder geyre, Fowre so gud thoffe hit were I woch hit save, bi Sen Jon!

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1391 Tas yow þere my cheuicaunce, I cheued no more, I wowche hit saf fynly, þaȝ feler hit were.

1424 in R. R. Sharpe Lond. & Kingd. (1895) III. 369 Of þat þat your lordly clemence so beningly voucheþ sauf..it excedeth inestimablich our power..to yeve you thankynges.

1594 T. Kyd in tr. R. Garnier Cornelia Epist. sig. a.ij^v And so vouchsafing but the passing of a Winters weeke with desolate Cornelia, I [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iii. 38 I haue assayl'd her with Musickes, but she vouchsafes no notice.

1642 King Charles I in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 420/2 There is hardly any~thing..that we shall not finde in our hart a willingnesse and readinesse to voutsafe it.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 884 Those indulgent Laws Will not now be voutsaf't, other Decrees Against thee are gon forth without recall.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 165 Nature indeed vouchsafes for our delight The sweet vicissitudes of day and night.

1838 T. N. Talfourd Athenian Captive ii. i Wilt thou not join thy fellows at the feast, And taste a cup of wine the king vouchsafes For merriment to-day?

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. ix. iii. 138 Forms of glory come and go: gifts of subtlest discernment are vouchsafed.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 2 They ought not to lessen the glad song of praise for blessings formerly vouchsafed..of love, of joy, and of happiness.

b. With indirect object. †Also (quot. 1595), to make a grant of something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have

lenda900

unneeOE

titheeOE

i-unneeOE

reachOE

aleneOE

yatea1122

yielda1225

grant1297

vouchsafe1303

agrauntea1400

octroy1480

vouchsafe1587

beteem1600

stretch1711

accordc1820

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxii. 599 Men voutsafed them not so much as a Tumb to be buryed in.

1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 19 Not Tubulcain,..but Tuball, whom Genesis voutsafeth honourable mention.

1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C3 But say, who else vouchsafed thee of grace? They all (quoth he) me graced goodly well.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 314 On my knees I beg, That you'l vouchsafe me rayment, bed and food.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. To Rdr. sig. 4^v As for obscure Etymologies,..I have vouchsafed them no place in this worke.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxii. 17 Paraphr.) 349 They are vouchsafed that dignity.

1778 F. Burney Evelina III. v. 66 Should I once more remind you of the promise you vouchsafed me yesterday?

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 466 Them Tydeus vanquish'd easily, such aid Pallas vouchsafed him.

1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 315 Men who are not always vouch~safed the use of a church steps or stones of the street for their bed.

1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 15 That is all you vouchsafe me.

c. Const. to (or unto).

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a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) III. 40 His Lordship may be pleased..to voutchafe a meetinge..to Sir Walter Dungan.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 490 Thy Father..vouchsaf'd his voice To Balaam Reprobate, a Prophet yet Inspir'd.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 16 Whether they will vouchsafe any new memorial to their benefactor, time must discover.

1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 699 Nature..But seldom..Vouchsafes to man a poet's just pretence.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 322 I will be true to my word, while the exercise of my reason is vouchsafed to me.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 47 We have marked every dash of color which the great Painter in his benevolence vouchsafed to us.

1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 4 It is as yet but a partial revelation that has been vouchsafed to them.

d. To deign or condescend to give (a word, answer, etc.) in reply or by way of friendly notice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > deign or condescend to say

vouchsafe1597

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxiv. 153 Vouchsafe me hereunto some short answere, such as..may..instruct me in the cause thereof.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 155 Vouch~safe a word, yong sister, but one word.

1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 22 Yet to a tyrant we hear him not voutsafe an humble word.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xii. 97 Lysicles..smiled at Crito, without vouchsafing any other answer.

1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 163 So saying, he flung out of their presence without vouchsafing any further conversation.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. v. 73 Twice the Duke paced the chamber without vouchsafing a word to either.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton iv. 40 All the reply that Tita vouchsafed was to wear a pleased smile of defiance.

elliptical.1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2^v Bob. You were wisht for, and drunke to I assure you. Mat. Vouchsafe me by whom good Signior.

†3.

a. To condescend to engage in (some pursuit). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about > become engaged in or occupied with > condescend to engage in

vouchsafe1579

1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 13 Ask Josephus, and he wil tel you that Esay, Job and Salomon, voutsafed poetical practises, for..theyre verse was Hexameter, and pentameter.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 823 Nor other strife with them do I voutsafe .

†b. To receive (a thing) graciously or condescendingly; to deign to accept. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > accept > graciously

deign1576

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1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 37 Considering it [a letter] came from so honourable a personage as Lentulus, shee vouchsafed it.

1599 George a Greene sig. D1 Geo. Why then, to honour G. a Greene the more, Vouchsafe a peece of beefe at my poore house.

1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered iii. 11 Whose singular affabilitie and clemencie..[is] such, that shee will vouchsafe the speech of the meanest.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 312 Vouchsafe good morrow from a feeble tongue.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 156 Vouchsafe my Labour, And long liue your Lordship.

†c. To be prepared to bear or sustain. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > a weight or pressure (of so much) > become the support or take the weight of

receive?a1475

vouchsafe1623

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 43 If your backe Cannot vouchsafe this burthen, tis too weake Euer to get a Boy.

†4. To acknowledge (a person) in some favourable relationship or manner. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour

to let well ofc1330

favour1340

to take, accept, receive in greec1374

likea1393

smilec1400

to take agreea1425

agreec1450

to fawn on, upon1477

to bear good mind toa1516

to look upon ——c1515

to look on ——1540

vouchsafe1582

conceit1589

relish1594

to look to ——1611

impatronize1629

aspect1663

sympathize1828

to put one's money on1847

1582 in T. Watson's Poems (Arb.) 34 Let Britan beare your spring..That it hence foorth may of your fauour boast, And him, whome first you heere voutsafe for hoast.

1584 T. Lodge Delect. Hist. Forbonius & Prisceria K 4 b He which whilome hated Forbonius, now vouchsafeth him his son in lawe.

1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 73 It is no ordinary fauour, that God will vouchsafe thee his Seruant, yet hath hee made vs his sonnes.

1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck i. sig. B3^v If my Princely Mistresse Voutsafd mee not her servant, 'twere as good I were reduc'd to Clownery.

II. Senses relating to granting or permitting readily, often with following to- or that-clause; to condescend, and related uses.

†5.

a. To grant, permit, or allow, as an act of grace or condescension. Usually const. with clause introduced by that. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit as an indulgence

grantc1250

vouchsafe1338

indulgence1599

indult1615

indulge1638

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 260 Homage vp to ȝeld, lordschip to forsake,..As ȝe haf mad present, þe Kyng vouches it saue.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4152 Þat þe quen be of-sent sauf wol i fouche.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1449 He prayeth, lord, vowche-sauf þat his sone hire wedde.

c1400 Rom. Rose 2002 My mouthe..to no vilayn was never couthe..For sauff of cherlis I ne vouche That they shulle never neigh it nere.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 335 Now voucheth sauf, þ^t I may yow deuyse How þ^t I may be holpe.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. v. 74 Rehearce I wil, so that ye sauf it vouch, A mortal wronge which the and me doth touch.

1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) Proheme a ij b Truely yf they wyll call hym a physition,..I wytsaufe they so name me.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 72 War I gyltie or ȝit committit crime. I wald witschaif ȝe held me out this time.

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. i. 50 Doe ye vouchsafe that thys victorious title Be not expired in Cornelias blood.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 131 If Brutus will vouchsafe, that Antony May safely come to him.

c1639 W. Mure Psalmes xvii. 2 in Wks. (1898) II. 76 Wouchaise furth from before thy face, My sentence may proceid.

b. To permit or allow (a person) to do something. †Also elliptical, to allow to speak.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit to do

leaveOE

suffer1387

vouchsafe14..

admitc1425

permitc1475

promit?1511

beteem1604

14.. J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (1484) a viij b And lord also on me saue thou vouche..That holy mayde to handyl and touche.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. ii. 3 Clau. Ile bring you thither my lord, if youle vouchsafe me.

1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron v. sig. H4 2. Truely we are not of his counsaile of warre. Sau. Nay but vouchsafe me. 3. Vouchsafe him, vouchsafe him, else there's no play in't.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 283 Most mighty Duke, vouchsafe me speak a word.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. xcii. 165 Be it vouchsaf'd thee still to see Thy true, fond nurslings closer cling.

6. To show a gracious readiness or willingness, to grant readily, to condescend or deign, to do something:

†a. In earlier types of usage (with verb and adjective still distinct).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > deign to do

grantc1305

vouchsafea1350

beteem1567

vouch1589

condescend1599

(a)

a1350 St. Stephen 207 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1881) 30 Gamaliell wouched safe To lay þat body in his awyn graue.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 339 For as Crist vouchiþ-saaf to clepe þis Chirche his spouse, so he clepiþ curside men fendis.

c1400 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) II. 23 The maker of mankynde takynge a bodi..fouchide saaf to be born.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. vi. 69 I blesse þe, heuenly fader,..for þou vouchist saaf to haue mynde on me.

1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 376/1 Thou haste vouched sauf to comforte me poure caytyf.

1545 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. (1548) 21 Who..hath vouchedsafe to cast a fauourable iye on me.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Ded. 3 The Emperours Maiestie..vouchedsaulfe to receiue the presentacion therof.

1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iv. f. 2 In vowching saufe too lette Our sayings too our friendly eares thus freely come and go.

(b)c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 73 Ȝit he fouchide nevere saaf to fede hem þus wiþ a kide.c1400 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) II. 29 Fouche thou saaf to liȝtne our hertis and bodies.14.. J. Lydgate Life Our Lady lviii. (1484) i ij Glad mayst thou be that sauf [he] list to vouche..To have plesaunce thy brestis for to towche.1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. sig. aiv^v He vouched not saulf to loke on them.1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 3^v As Satyres..Whom into Heauen syns that as yet wee vowchnot safe to take.

b. In ordinary later forms.

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α. ¹

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 55 Lord, vouchesaaf to kepe us þis day wiþouten synne.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 373 I þonke God..þat he wole vouchesauf þis day to axe me þat he haþ i-yeve me.

1411 Rolls of Parl. III. 650/2 He besought the Kyng of grace, And that he wold vouchesauf to praye the Lord the Roos, that he wold chese two Lordes of hys kyn.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) Introd. 7 I you beseche frend ryht enterly That ye vouchesaf for me to preye.

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) v. 24 Blanchardyn..prayed hym that he vousshesauff to helpe hym that he were doubed knyght wyth his armes.

c1539 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 126 The most bountiful gifts..wich your Grace hath vouchsavid to bestowe upon us.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 83^v Diogenes..would not vouche~salve so muche as ones to aryse up from his taille.

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Brief Descr. sig. ☞.iijv For the testimony of the truth hereof vouchsafe good reader to read the booke.

1624 Trag. Nero ii. sig. C4 O Piso, that vouchsafest, To grace our headlesse partie with thy name.

1661 Grand Deb. Rev. & Alteration Bk. Common Prayer 88 We had a conceit that you would have vouchsaved to treate with us personally in presence.

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xi. xvii. 165 The only Thing Which Heav'n's peculiar Hand vouchaf'd to frame.

a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 2 The many Deliverances and Preservations, which the Lord hath vouch~safed to work for me.

1765 O. Goldsmith New Simile 31 Lastly, vouchsafe t' observe his hand Filled with a snake-encircled wand.

1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iii. 47 A Maid o'er whom the blessed Dove Vouchsafed in gentleness to brood.

1862 C. Wordsworth Misc. (1879) I. 280 The Pope vouchsafed to give bulls of institution to the ecclesiastics named by the crown to fill the vacant sees.

1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 177 She did not even vouchsafe to answer him.

α. 21546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. c.ii Onles your highnes wyll voultsafe to take our cause in hand.1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iv. iii. f. 116 That most louely geast,..who was wonte to visit our bretherne, hath voutsafed this day to come to me also.1577 W. Fulke Two Treat. against Papistes To Rdr. sig. *iiij If any one of these..shall voutsalfe to reade this answere.a1612 J. Harington Treat. Playe in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 19 Her Highnes can vowtsafe to play somtyme with her servawntes.1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 41 We count it ample honour when God voutsafes to make man the instrument and subordinate worker of his gracious will.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 80 Since thou hast voutsaf't Gently for our instruction to impart Things above Earthly thought. 1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus III. 176 They besought her Imperial Majesty, that she would voutsafe to acquaint 'em [etc.].β. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 359 Ȝif þat God wolde fouchesafe to ȝyve þes preestis of his grace, þat þei wolden mekeli leeve þis.1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xix. 18 Ich þonke ȝow a þowsend sythes..þat ȝe fowche-saue to seye me what hit hihte.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 2195 Ȝyff God wold fouche~save to consent þerto.1432–43 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. Introd. 24 That ye wold fuchesef of your benygne grace to graunte a writ of sub pena.c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) iv. 9 Thei prayd him..that he wold fuch~safe to helpe hem ayenst theyre enemeys.γ. c1420–30 in Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 171 Þis syght is bot be tymes, wen god will woches-sawf forto gif it vnto a wyrkande saule.1448 J. Gloys in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 27 My mastres..pray yow that and ye wold wochesaff to speke to my Master Edmund.a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccxxiii^v/2 I prayed hym that he wolde woushesauf to haue me in mynde.1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle (Roxb.) C 4 Wherfore I praye the that thou wouchesauf for to kepe the honour of my fader and me.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 769/1 If he wyll nat wouchesaufe to do it, you lese your payne.c1590 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xxxiv. 2 Melpomene,..Wouchsaiv to help a wrechit woman weep.c1639 W. Mure Psalmes cvi. 4 in Wks. (1898) II. 159 Wowchaife, O Lord, to visite me With thy salvation.δ. 1c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xv. 2332 To pray þis paip Bonyface That he wald witschaif of his grace..Off þai iniuris to set remeid.1460 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 262 Besechyng you that ye woll weche-safe to be her goode mastre.1462 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 522 I beseche yow þat [ye] wole wychesaue to send me some mony.a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 356 Beseiching hyme he wold wichsaif to wende To camelot the Cetee.1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 8 The caus na way we knaw Quhill y^t ȝour grace will witchaif for to schaw.1585 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 408/1 That our said souerane lord wald wischeaf..To appoint [etc.].a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 367 The doctrine quhilk God..sall witchaff to grant.δ. 21444 Aberdeen Reg. (1844) I. 10 We counsaile..yhour lordschip..that..yhe witsaufe to louse and deliuer frely the said Inglisemen.1482 Monk of Evesham 28 Y blessyd our lorde and thankid him that he wolde white safe to chaste me..in a fadyrly chastment.1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxxvi^v The Mast nowe meuyth the taklynge and the sayle O god wythsaue the wayke shyp to socour.1523 T. Cromwell Speech to Parl. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 42 Most humbly beseching..that he wyll of his haboundaunt goodnes to wytsaufe to take me as I meane.1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. Prol. sig. ++i Praye God that he wyll witesafe to worke faith in thyne herte.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 199 O Phebus,..Wouldst thou witsafe to slide a downe: And dwell with vs.

†c. With bare infinitive (without to). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 26 The makere of mankynde takynge a body..fowchede sauf be bore.

1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 73/2 That they wold wochesaf, for the said considerations, pray and beseche our said Soveraigne Lorde the Kyng [etc.].

1456–7 R. Byngham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 166 I besech your gode grace that ye will vouchesafe remember the premissez.

1501 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 51 We pray.., y^t thei woll votesave, at our request & prayer, beald, succour, & releffe the said Ric' Hammylton.

†d. intransitive. To be pleased to accept of something. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. vouch v. 13.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > be a recipient [verb (intransitive)] > accept graciously

vouchsafe1587

vouch1589

1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web Ep. Ded. sig. A3 I hope your Ladiships wil vouchsafe of Penelopes Web.

1587 R. Greene Euphues Ep. Ded. sig. A3 As Alexander did vouchsafe of Misons rude & vnpolished picture of Mars.

1616 Greenes Mourning Garment (new ed.) Concl. sig. K3 So I hope..you will vouchsafe of my Mourning Garment.

†7. elliptical. To grant; to agree graciously; to condescend. Chiefly in clauses introduced by as or if. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)]

consent?c1225

assent1297

vouchsafe13..

choosec1330

grant1340

to be consentedc1386

to be covined1393

apply1419

condescend1477

agreea1533

acconsent1560

acclaim1620

comply1672

(a)

c1308 Pol. Songs (Camden) 199 Whan hit is so, ich vouchsave, Ic forȝive the this gilte.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 234 ‘Yf þow see hur..þou most lese þyn een-syght.’ Then sayde he: ‘Syr, I vouchesaf wele, so þat I may se hur.’

1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. G3^v And if your grace no otherwise vouchsafe, As welcome death is vnto vs as life.

(b)13.. Northern Passion (Harl.) 452 Lat þis paines pas fra me. And noght anly als I will craue Bot, fader, als þou vowchis saue.1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3002 Þus sal þe saules, als God vouches save, For sere syns, sere maledys have.14.. Tundale's Vis. 2344 No worldly goode more wold he have, But lyved as longe, as god vowche save.(c)c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 466 And þus ȝif god wolde fouche-saf, hooly chirche shulde be purgid of heresyes in þis mater.a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 3030 Gif me a place..that I may my wonyng haue, At myne ese, if ye vowchesaue.c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 626 I haue do so as ye comaunded me And if ye vouche sauf ye may go se.1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 17 Item I wyll that Maist' Thomas Harlowe sey the sermon at my interment, if he wochesaft.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit xii. 2 I praye the..that thou wilt desyre him, yf happlie he wil voutsafe, to take with him the half of all that we haue brought.1736 T. Sheridan Let. 15 Sept. in J. Swift et al. Lett. (1768) VI. 169 If you pleased, or would vouchsafe, or condescend, or think proper, I would rather that you would..charge only five per cent.

†8. impersonal. To be pleasing or agreeable to (a person) to do something. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. cxlii^v Thomas Trencharde..wente to the kyng, desieryng hym (if it would witesalfe hym) to take a lodgyng at his house.

Derivatives

vouchˈsafed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > granting boons > granted

vouchsafeda1616

concessionary1727

vouched-safe1839

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 88 My matter hath no voice Lady, but to your owne most pregnant and vouchsafed eare.

vouchˈsafing n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > granting > graciously or condescendingly

vouchsafing1561

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iii. xxii. 454 By that vouchsafing, whereof there is found no cause elsewhere than in God.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 22 His graces and all other his vouchsafings and descents into our hearts.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Deigning,..a vouchsafing; a thinking worthy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	vouchsafe
释义	vouchsafev. Brit. /(ˌ)vaʊtʃˈseɪf/, U.S. /vaʊtʃˈseɪf/, /ˈvaʊtʃˌseɪf/ Forms: α. Middle English vowche-, Middle English vowch-, Middle English–1500s vouche- (Middle English voche-, Middle English woche-, vousshe-), Middle English– vouch-, 1500s–1600s voutchsafe, etc.; also Middle English votesave, 1500s voutsalfe, vousalf, vowt-, voult-, 1500s–1700s voutsafe, 1600s voutchafe. β. Middle English fowche-, fouche-, Middle English ffouch-, foche-, fuch(e)safe, etc.; also Middle English fuchesef. γ. Middle English woche- (Middle English woches-; whoche-), Middle English woch-, Middle English–1500s wouche- (Middle English woushe-), 1500s wouchsafe, etc.; also Middle English wot-save, 1600s wowchaife, wouchaife, wouchaiffe. δ. Middle English weche-, Middle English wych(e-, wiche-, 1500s wich-safe, etc.; also Middle English wet-saffe, wytsaff, Scottish witsaufe, 1500s witsave, witsaffe, witsafe, wytsaue, wytsave, wytsaufe; Middle English Scottish wichauf, wiche-, wichsauf, wichsaif, Middle English–1500s witschaif, 1500s withsaif, withsave, withschaif, wythsaue, wythsave, 1600s witchaff; Middle English witeselfe, 1500s witesafe, 1500s wytesave (Middle English wyȝt-). (For usual variants of the second element see safe adj., and for special illustration of forms see sense 6b.) Etymology: < vouch v. (in the sense of ‘warrant’) + safe adj. In early use still treated as two words, with normal inflection of the verb, and occasional inversion (safe vouch), or insertion of words between the verb and adjective. I. Senses relating to conferring or bestowing, especially graciously. †1. transitive. To confer or bestow (some thing, favour, or benefit) on a person: a. With separable verb and adjective. (Frequently in 14th cent. romances.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have lenda900 unneeOE titheeOE i-unneeOE reachOE aleneOE yatea1122 yielda1225 grant1297 vouchsafe1303 agrauntea1400 octroy1480 vouchsafe1587 beteem1600 stretch1711 accordc1820 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6345 He vouchede hyt [sc. his property] saufe on vs, he seyd, Þat we ȝave hyt whan he deyde. a1400 Sir Amadace (Camden) liii And ȝe be a mon that wille wedde a wife, I vouche hur safe, be my life, On ȝo that fayre may. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 453 I vowch hym wylle save on the, To do what thy wylle bee. 1457 J. Hardyng Chron. i, in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1912) 742 Seth that prynce is gone..I vouche it sauf, wyth all benyvolence, On yow, gode lorde, hys sonne and hayre that bene. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 96 Quhy suld man tak It fra thame, sen god vouchis jt sauf on thame. c1510 Gest Robyn Hode ccclxxxi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 75/1 But yf I had an hondred pounde, I wolde vouch it safe on the. †b. With verb and adjective in juxtaposition or combination. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1330 King of Tars 336 Ich fouchesaf on him my blod, To him heo nis not to good, Though heo weore ten so briht. c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 254 Is þer now neyþer worde ne chere Ye vowchensauff vpon myn hevynesse? a1440 Sir Eglam. 222 Lorde, y have servyd yow many a day, Vowchesafe ye hur on mee. c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 7 For yt ys nouhte ywys convenyent,..Alle forto holde that vnto yow ys brouhte, And as wrecches on other vouchesauf nouhte. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) i. 624 But syth þou wytyst saff a dyner on me, with pes and grace I entyr þi hows. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 10 Na rewaird desire I of ȝour grace Bot to witchaif on me sa greit credence [etc.]. 1598 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. Pref. sig. *2 You may see..what gracious priuileges and high prerogatiues were by diuers kings vouchsafed vpon them. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd* ii. 210 What woman will you find..On whom his leisure will vouchsafe an eye Of fond desire? View more context for this quotation 2. To give, grant, or bestow in a gracious or condescending manner: a. Without const. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have > graciously or condescendingly vouchsafea1400 deign1589 vouch1594 a1400 Sir Amadace (Camden) xxxii Sadyll, brydyll, and oder geyre, Fowre so gud thoffe hit were I woch hit save, bi Sen Jon! c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1391 Tas yow þere my cheuicaunce, I cheued no more, I wowche hit saf fynly, þaȝ feler hit were. 1424 in R. R. Sharpe Lond. & Kingd. (1895) III. 369 Of þat þat your lordly clemence so beningly voucheþ sauf..it excedeth inestimablich our power..to yeve you thankynges. 1594 T. Kyd in tr. R. Garnier Cornelia Epist. sig. a.ij^v And so vouchsafing but the passing of a Winters weeke with desolate Cornelia, I [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iii. 38 I haue assayl'd her with Musickes, but she vouchsafes no notice. View more context for this quotation 1642 King Charles I in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 420/2 There is hardly any~thing..that we shall not finde in our hart a willingnesse and readinesse to voutsafe it. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 884 Those indulgent Laws Will not now be voutsaf't, other Decrees Against thee are gon forth without recall. View more context for this quotation 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 165 Nature indeed vouchsafes for our delight The sweet vicissitudes of day and night. 1838 T. N. Talfourd Athenian Captive ii. i Wilt thou not join thy fellows at the feast, And taste a cup of wine the king vouchsafes For merriment to-day? 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. ix. iii. 138 Forms of glory come and go: gifts of subtlest discernment are vouchsafed. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 2 They ought not to lessen the glad song of praise for blessings formerly vouchsafed..of love, of joy, and of happiness. b. With indirect object. †Also (quot. 1595), to make a grant of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have lenda900 unneeOE titheeOE i-unneeOE reachOE aleneOE yatea1122 yielda1225 grant1297 vouchsafe1303 agrauntea1400 octroy1480 vouchsafe1587 beteem1600 stretch1711 accordc1820 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxii. 599 Men voutsafed them not so much as a Tumb to be buryed in. 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 19 Not Tubulcain,..but Tuball, whom Genesis voutsafeth honourable mention. 1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. C3 But say, who else vouchsafed thee of grace? They all (quoth he) me graced goodly well. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 314 On my knees I beg, That you'l vouchsafe me rayment, bed and food. View more context for this quotation 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. To Rdr. sig. 4^v As for obscure Etymologies,..I have vouchsafed them no place in this worke. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxii. 17 Paraphr.) 349 They are vouchsafed that dignity. 1778 F. Burney Evelina III. v. 66 Should I once more remind you of the promise you vouchsafed me yesterday? 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 466 Them Tydeus vanquish'd easily, such aid Pallas vouchsafed him. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years I. 315 Men who are not always vouch~safed the use of a church steps or stones of the street for their bed. 1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 15 That is all you vouchsafe me. c. Const. to (or unto). ΚΠ a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) III. 40 His Lordship may be pleased..to voutchafe a meetinge..to Sir Walter Dungan. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 490 Thy Father..vouchsaf'd his voice To Balaam Reprobate, a Prophet yet Inspir'd. View more context for this quotation 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 16 Whether they will vouchsafe any new memorial to their benefactor, time must discover. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 699 Nature..But seldom..Vouchsafes to man a poet's just pretence. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 322 I will be true to my word, while the exercise of my reason is vouchsafed to me. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 47 We have marked every dash of color which the great Painter in his benevolence vouchsafed to us. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 4 It is as yet but a partial revelation that has been vouchsafed to them. d. To deign or condescend to give (a word, answer, etc.) in reply or by way of friendly notice. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > deign or condescend to say vouchsafe1597 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxiv. 153 Vouchsafe me hereunto some short answere, such as..may..instruct me in the cause thereof. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 155 Vouch~safe a word, yong sister, but one word. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Tenure of Kings 22 Yet to a tyrant we hear him not voutsafe an humble word. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xii. 97 Lysicles..smiled at Crito, without vouchsafing any other answer. 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 163 So saying, he flung out of their presence without vouchsafing any further conversation. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. v. 73 Twice the Duke paced the chamber without vouchsafing a word to either. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton iv. 40 All the reply that Tita vouchsafed was to wear a pleased smile of defiance. elliptical.1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. iii. sig. C2^v Bob. You were wisht for, and drunke to I assure you. Mat. Vouchsafe me by whom good Signior. View more context for this quotation †3. a. To condescend to engage in (some pursuit). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about > become engaged in or occupied with > condescend to engage in vouchsafe1579 1579 T. Lodge Protogenes 13 Ask Josephus, and he wil tel you that Esay, Job and Salomon, voutsafed poetical practises, for..theyre verse was Hexameter, and pentameter. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 823 Nor other strife with them do I voutsafe . View more context for this quotation †b. To receive (a thing) graciously or condescendingly; to deign to accept. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > accept > graciously deign1576 deign1589 vouchsafe1589 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 37 Considering it [a letter] came from so honourable a personage as Lentulus, shee vouchsafed it. 1599 George a Greene sig. D1 Geo. Why then, to honour G. a Greene the more, Vouchsafe a peece of beefe at my poore house. 1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered iii. 11 Whose singular affabilitie and clemencie..[is] such, that shee will vouchsafe the speech of the meanest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 312 Vouchsafe good morrow from a feeble tongue. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 156 Vouchsafe my Labour, And long liue your Lordship. View more context for this quotation †c. To be prepared to bear or sustain. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > a weight or pressure (of so much) > become the support or take the weight of receive?a1475 vouchsafe1623 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 43 If your backe Cannot vouchsafe this burthen, tis too weake Euer to get a Boy. View more context for this quotation †4. To acknowledge (a person) in some favourable relationship or manner. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour to let well ofc1330 favour1340 to take, accept, receive in greec1374 likea1393 smilec1400 to take agreea1425 agreec1450 to fawn on, upon1477 to bear good mind toa1516 to look upon ——c1515 to look on ——1540 vouchsafe1582 conceit1589 relish1594 to look to ——1611 impatronize1629 aspect1663 sympathize1828 to put one's money on1847 1582 in T. Watson's Poems (Arb.) 34 Let Britan beare your spring..That it hence foorth may of your fauour boast, And him, whome first you heere voutsafe for hoast. 1584 T. Lodge Delect. Hist. Forbonius & Prisceria K 4 b He which whilome hated Forbonius, now vouchsafeth him his son in lawe. 1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 73 It is no ordinary fauour, that God will vouchsafe thee his Seruant, yet hath hee made vs his sonnes. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck i. sig. B3^v If my Princely Mistresse Voutsafd mee not her servant, 'twere as good I were reduc'd to Clownery. II. Senses relating to granting or permitting readily, often with following to- or that-clause; to condescend, and related uses. †5. a. To grant, permit, or allow, as an act of grace or condescension. Usually const. with clause introduced by that. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit as an indulgence grantc1250 vouchsafe1338 indulgence1599 indult1615 indulge1638 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 260 Homage vp to ȝeld, lordschip to forsake,..As ȝe haf mad present, þe Kyng vouches it saue. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4152 Þat þe quen be of-sent sauf wol i fouche. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1449 He prayeth, lord, vowche-sauf þat his sone hire wedde. c1400 Rom. Rose 2002 My mouthe..to no vilayn was never couthe..For sauff of cherlis I ne vouche That they shulle never neigh it nere. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 335 Now voucheth sauf, þ^t I may yow deuyse How þ^t I may be holpe. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. v. 74 Rehearce I wil, so that ye sauf it vouch, A mortal wronge which the and me doth touch. 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) Proheme a ij b Truely yf they wyll call hym a physition,..I wytsaufe they so name me. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 72 War I gyltie or ȝit committit crime. I wald witschaif ȝe held me out this time. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iii. i. 50 Doe ye vouchsafe that thys victorious title Be not expired in Cornelias blood. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 131 If Brutus will vouchsafe, that Antony May safely come to him. View more context for this quotation c1639 W. Mure Psalmes xvii. 2 in Wks. (1898) II. 76 Wouchaise furth from before thy face, My sentence may proceid. b. To permit or allow (a person) to do something. †Also elliptical, to allow to speak. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit to do leaveOE suffer1387 vouchsafe14.. admitc1425 permitc1475 promit?1511 beteem1604 14.. J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (1484) a viij b And lord also on me saue thou vouche..That holy mayde to handyl and touche. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. ii. 3 Clau. Ile bring you thither my lord, if youle vouchsafe me. View more context for this quotation 1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron v. sig. H4 2. Truely we are not of his counsaile of warre. Sau. Nay but vouchsafe me. 3. Vouchsafe him, vouchsafe him, else there's no play in't. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 283 Most mighty Duke, vouchsafe me speak a word. View more context for this quotation 1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. xcii. 165 Be it vouchsaf'd thee still to see Thy true, fond nurslings closer cling. 6. To show a gracious readiness or willingness, to grant readily, to condescend or deign, to do something: †a. In earlier types of usage (with verb and adjective still distinct). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > deign to do grantc1305 vouchsafea1350 beteem1567 vouch1589 condescend1599 (a) a1350 St. Stephen 207 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1881) 30 Gamaliell wouched safe To lay þat body in his awyn graue. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 339 For as Crist vouchiþ-saaf to clepe þis Chirche his spouse, so he clepiþ curside men fendis. c1400 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) II. 23 The maker of mankynde takynge a bodi..fouchide saaf to be born. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. vi. 69 I blesse þe, heuenly fader,..for þou vouchist saaf to haue mynde on me. 1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 376/1 Thou haste vouched sauf to comforte me poure caytyf. 1545 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. (1548) 21 Who..hath vouchedsafe to cast a fauourable iye on me. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Ded. 3 The Emperours Maiestie..vouchedsaulfe to receiue the presentacion therof. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iv. f. 2 In vowching saufe too lette Our sayings too our friendly eares thus freely come and go. (b)c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 73 Ȝit he fouchide nevere saaf to fede hem þus wiþ a kide.c1400 Prymer in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1847) II. 29 Fouche thou saaf to liȝtne our hertis and bodies.14.. J. Lydgate Life Our Lady lviii. (1484) i ij Glad mayst thou be that sauf [he] list to vouche..To have plesaunce thy brestis for to towche.1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. sig. aiv^v He vouched not saulf to loke on them.1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 3^v As Satyres..Whom into Heauen syns that as yet wee vowchnot safe to take. b. In ordinary later forms. ΚΠ α. ¹ c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 55 Lord, vouchesaaf to kepe us þis day wiþouten synne. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 373 I þonke God..þat he wole vouchesauf þis day to axe me þat he haþ i-yeve me. 1411 Rolls of Parl. III. 650/2 He besought the Kyng of grace, And that he wold vouchesauf to praye the Lord the Roos, that he wold chese two Lordes of hys kyn. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) Introd. 7 I you beseche frend ryht enterly That ye vouchesaf for me to preye. 1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) v. 24 Blanchardyn..prayed hym that he vousshesauff to helpe hym that he were doubed knyght wyth his armes. c1539 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 126 The most bountiful gifts..wich your Grace hath vouchsavid to bestowe upon us. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 83^v Diogenes..would not vouche~salve so muche as ones to aryse up from his taille. 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Brief Descr. sig. ☞.iijv For the testimony of the truth hereof vouchsafe good reader to read the booke. 1624 Trag. Nero ii. sig. C4 O Piso, that vouchsafest, To grace our headlesse partie with thy name. 1661 Grand Deb. Rev. & Alteration Bk. Common Prayer 88 We had a conceit that you would have vouchsaved to treate with us personally in presence. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xi. xvii. 165 The only Thing Which Heav'n's peculiar Hand vouchaf'd to frame. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 2 The many Deliverances and Preservations, which the Lord hath vouch~safed to work for me. 1765 O. Goldsmith New Simile 31 Lastly, vouchsafe t' observe his hand Filled with a snake-encircled wand. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iii. 47 A Maid o'er whom the blessed Dove Vouchsafed in gentleness to brood. 1862 C. Wordsworth Misc. (1879) I. 280 The Pope vouchsafed to give bulls of institution to the ecclesiastics named by the crown to fill the vacant sees. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 177 She did not even vouchsafe to answer him. α. 21546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. c.ii Onles your highnes wyll voultsafe to take our cause in hand.1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iv. iii. f. 116 That most louely geast,..who was wonte to visit our bretherne, hath voutsafed this day to come to me also.1577 W. Fulke Two Treat. against Papistes To Rdr. sig. iiij If any one of these..shall voutsalfe to reade this answere.a1612 J. Harington Treat. Playe* in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 19 Her Highnes can vowtsafe to play somtyme with her servawntes.1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 41 We count it ample honour when God voutsafes to make man the instrument and subordinate worker of his gracious will.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 80 Since thou hast voutsaf't Gently for our instruction to impart Things above Earthly thought. View more context for this quotation1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus III. 176 They besought her Imperial Majesty, that she would voutsafe to acquaint 'em [etc.].β. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 359 Ȝif þat God wolde fouchesafe to ȝyve þes preestis of his grace, þat þei wolden mekeli leeve þis.1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xix. 18 Ich þonke ȝow a þowsend sythes..þat ȝe fowche-saue to seye me what hit hihte.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 2195 Ȝyff God wold fouche~save to consent þerto.1432–43 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. Introd. 24 That ye wold fuchesef of your benygne grace to graunte a writ of sub pena.c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) iv. 9 Thei prayd him..that he wold fuch~safe to helpe hem ayenst theyre enemeys.γ. c1420–30 in Hampole's Wks. (1895) I. 171 Þis syght is bot be tymes, wen god will woches-sawf forto gif it vnto a wyrkande saule.1448 J. Gloys in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 27 My mastres..pray yow that and ye wold wochesaff to speke to my Master Edmund.a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. ccxxiii^v/2 I prayed hym that he wolde woushesauf to haue me in mynde.1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle (Roxb.) C 4 Wherfore I praye the that thou wouchesauf for to kepe the honour of my fader and me.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 769/1 If he wyll nat wouchesaufe to do it, you lese your payne.c1590 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xxxiv. 2 Melpomene,..Wouchsaiv to help a wrechit woman weep.c1639 W. Mure Psalmes cvi. 4 in Wks. (1898) II. 159 Wowchaife, O Lord, to visite me With thy salvation.δ. 1c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xv. 2332 To pray þis paip Bonyface That he wald witschaif of his grace..Off þai iniuris to set remeid.1460 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 262 Besechyng you that ye woll weche-safe to be her goode mastre.1462 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 522 I beseche yow þat [ye] wole wychesaue to send me some mony.a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 356 Beseiching hyme he wold wichsaif to wende To camelot the Cetee.1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 8 The caus na way we knaw Quhill y^t ȝour grace will witchaif for to schaw.1585 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 408/1 That our said souerane lord wald wischeaf..To appoint [etc.].a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 367 The doctrine quhilk God..sall witchaff to grant.δ. 21444 Aberdeen Reg. (1844) I. 10 We counsaile..yhour lordschip..that..yhe witsaufe to louse and deliuer frely the said Inglisemen.1482 Monk of Evesham 28 Y blessyd our lorde and thankid him that he wolde white safe to chaste me..in a fadyrly chastment.1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxxvi^v The Mast nowe meuyth the taklynge and the sayle O god wythsaue the wayke shyp to socour.1523 T. Cromwell Speech to Parl. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 42 Most humbly beseching..that he wyll of his haboundaunt goodnes to wytsaufe to take me as I meane.1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. Prol. sig. ++i Praye God that he wyll witesafe to worke faith in thyne herte.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 199 O Phebus,..Wouldst thou witsafe to slide a downe: And dwell with vs. †c. With bare infinitive (without to). Obsolete. ΚΠ a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 26 The makere of mankynde takynge a body..fowchede sauf be bore. 1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 73/2 That they wold wochesaf, for the said considerations, pray and beseche our said Soveraigne Lorde the Kyng [etc.]. 1456–7 R. Byngham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 166 I besech your gode grace that ye will vouchesafe remember the premissez. 1501 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 51 We pray.., y^t thei woll votesave, at our request & prayer, beald, succour, & releffe the said Ric' Hammylton. †d. intransitive. To be pleased to accept of something. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. vouch v. 13.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > be a recipient [verb (intransitive)] > accept graciously vouchsafe1587 vouch1589 1587 R. Greene Penelopes Web Ep. Ded. sig. A3 I hope your Ladiships wil vouchsafe of Penelopes Web. 1587 R. Greene Euphues Ep. Ded. sig. A3 As Alexander did vouchsafe of Misons rude & vnpolished picture of Mars. 1616 Greenes Mourning Garment (new ed.) Concl. sig. K3 So I hope..you will vouchsafe of my Mourning Garment. †7. elliptical. To grant; to agree graciously; to condescend. Chiefly in clauses introduced by as or if. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] consent?c1225 assent1297 vouchsafe13.. choosec1330 grant1340 to be consentedc1386 to be covined1393 apply1419 condescend1477 agreea1533 acconsent1560 acclaim1620 comply1672 (a) c1308 Pol. Songs (Camden) 199 Whan hit is so, ich vouchsave, Ic forȝive the this gilte. c1450 Mirk's Festial 234 ‘Yf þow see hur..þou most lese þyn een-syght.’ Then sayde he: ‘Syr, I vouchesaf wele, so þat I may se hur.’ 1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. G3^v And if your grace no otherwise vouchsafe, As welcome death is vnto vs as life. (b)13.. Northern Passion (Harl.) 452 Lat þis paines pas fra me. And noght anly als I will craue Bot, fader, als þou vowchis saue.1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3002 Þus sal þe saules, als God vouches save, For sere syns, sere maledys have.14.. Tundale's Vis. 2344 No worldly goode more wold he have, But lyved as longe, as god vowche save.(c)c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 466 And þus ȝif god wolde fouche-saf, hooly chirche shulde be purgid of heresyes in þis mater.a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 3030 Gif me a place..that I may my wonyng haue, At myne ese, if ye vowchesaue.c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 626 I haue do so as ye comaunded me And if ye vouche sauf ye may go se.1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 17 Item I wyll that Maist' Thomas Harlowe sey the sermon at my interment, if he wochesaft.1535 Bible (Coverdale) Tobit xii. 2 I praye the..that thou wilt desyre him, yf happlie he wil voutsafe, to take with him the half of all that we haue brought.1736 T. Sheridan Let. 15 Sept. in J. Swift et al. Lett. (1768) VI. 169 If you pleased, or would vouchsafe, or condescend, or think proper, I would rather that you would..charge only five per cent. †8. impersonal. To be pleasing or agreeable to (a person) to do something. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng f. cxlii^v Thomas Trencharde..wente to the kyng, desieryng hym (if it would witesalfe hym) to take a lodgyng at his house. Derivatives vouchˈsafed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > granting boons > granted vouchsafeda1616 concessionary1727 vouched-safe1839 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 88 My matter hath no voice Lady, but to your owne most pregnant and vouchsafed eare. View more context for this quotation vouchˈsafing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > granting > graciously or condescendingly vouchsafing1561 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iii. xxii. 454 By that vouchsafing, whereof there is found no cause elsewhere than in God. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. 22 His graces and all other his vouchsafings and descents into our hearts. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Deigning,..a vouchsafing; a thinking worthy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.13..
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