Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Vouchsafe"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vouchsafe \Vouch*safe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vouchsafed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Vouchsafing}.] [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch
or answer for safety.]
1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.

If ye vouchsafe that it be so. --Chaucer.

Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two?
--Shak.

It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to
the heathens the means of salvation. --South.

2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vouchsafe \Vouch*safe"\, v. i.
To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
--Chaucer.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
--Bk. of Com.
Prayer.

Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What power the
charms of beauty had of old. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

vouchsafe
v 1: grant in a condescending manner
2: promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor

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