Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vouching"

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

Vouch \Vouch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vouched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vouching}.] [OE. vouchen, OF. vochier to call, fr. L. vocare
to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See {Voice}, and cf.
{Avouch}.]
1. To call; to summon. [Obs.]

[They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the
authority of the writers. --Sir T.
Elyot.

2. To call upon to witness; to obtest.

Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon. --Dryden.

3. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to
affirm; to avouch.

They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the
relation, and afterwards to credit it. --Atterbury.

4. To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.

Me damp horror chilled At such bold words vouched
with a deed so bold. --Milton.

5. (Law) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make
good a warranty of title.

He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the
common vouchee. --Blackstone.

Syn: To obtest; declare; affirm; attest; warrant; confirm;
asseverate; aver; protest; assure.


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