释义 |
vouchsafevouch‧safe /vaʊtʃˈseɪf/ verb [transitive] old-fashioned formal vouchsafeOrigin: 1300-1400 vouch + safe VERB TABLEvouchsafe |
Present | I, you, we, they | vouchsafe | | he, she, it | vouchsafes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | vouchsafed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have vouchsafed | | he, she, it | has vouchsafed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had vouchsafed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will vouchsafe | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have vouchsafed |
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Present | I | am vouchsafing | | he, she, it | is vouchsafing | | you, we, they | are vouchsafing | Past | I, he, she, it | was vouchsafing | | you, we, they | were vouchsafing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been vouchsafing | | he, she, it | has been vouchsafing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been vouchsafing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be vouchsafing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been vouchsafing |
- She made that quite clear: it was a triumphal return, although what the triumph was, was not vouchsafed.
- They do not always accurately portray the degree of damage, nor do they vouchsafe how long the damage has been there.
to promise or offer something, or tell someone something that they can be certain is the truth |