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  • 1 con-cēdō

        con-cēdō cessī, cessus, ere.    I. Intrans, to go away, pass, give way, depart, retire, withdraw, remove: biduom, T.: tempus est concedere, T.: superis ab oris, V.: ad Manes, V.: huc, T.: istuc, T.: aliquo ab eorum oculis: rus hinc, T.: Carthaginem in hiberna, L.: Argos habitatum, N.: in hanc turbam, to join, H.: tumor et irae Concessere, are gone, V.: ipsae concedite silvae (i. e. valete), V. — Fig., to yield, submit, give way, succumb: ut magnitudini medicinae doloris magnitudo concederet: iniuriae, S.: operi meo, O.: naturae, i. e. to die, S.: hostibus de victoriā concedendum esse, L.: concessum de victoriā credebant, L.—To give place, be inferior, give precedence, yield, defer: concedat laurea laudi: dignitati eorum: unis Suebis, Cs.: maiestati viri, L.: aetati, S.: magistro tantulum de arte: Nec, si muneribus certes, concedat Iollas, V.—To submit, comply, accede: Ut tibi concedam, T.: concessit senatus postulationi tuae: Caesar... concedendum non putabat, Cs. — To assent, concede: mihi, T.: liceat concedere veris, H.—To grant, give allowance, pardon, allow: alienis peccatis: cui (vitio), H.—To agree, consent, assent, acquiesce, go over to: in gentem nomenque imperantium, to be merged in, S.: in paucorum potentium ius, S.: in deditionem, L. —    II. Trans, to grant, concede, allow, consign, resign, yield, vouchsafe, confirm: de tuo iure paululum, T.: civitati maximos agros: hoc pudori meo, ut, etc.: amicis quicquid velint: nihil mihi, O.: me consortem sepulchro, let me share, V.: his libertatem, Cs.: crimen gratiae concedebas, accused for the sake of favor: peccata alcui, to pardon him: naturae formam illi, acknowledge that it possesses, O.: concessit in iras Ipse... genitor Calydona Dianae, gave over, V.: mediocribus esse poëtis, H.: huic ne perire quidem tacite conceditur: ut ipsi concedi non oporteret, si, etc., no concession should be made, Cs.: Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti? H.: fatis numquam concessa moveri Camarina, forbidden to be removed, V.: illa concedis levia esse: culpam inesse concedam: concedatur profecto verum esse, ut, etc.: concedo tibi ut ea praetereas: beatos esse deos sumpsisti, concedimus: valuit plus is, concedo, granted: quoniam legibus non concederetur, permitted by law, N. — To grant as a favor, forbear, give up, forgive, pardon: petitionem alicui, from regard to: peccata liberum misericordiae: huic filium, N.: quod (peccatum) nisi concedas, H.

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  • 2 dōnō

        dōnō āvī, ātus, āre    [donum].    I. To give as a present, present, bestow, grant, vouchsafe, confer: non pauca suis adiutoribus: praedam militibus, Cs.: uxorem cum dote, H.: (aurae mandata) nubibus donant, V.: caput Iunoni, devote, O.: mercedes conductoribus, remitted, Cs.: arma Lauso Donat habere umeris, V.: frui paratis, H.—Fig., to give up, sacrifice: amicitias rei p.— To forgive, pardon, remit: alcui aes alienum: Culpa precibus donatur saepe suorum, O.: noxae damnatus donatur populo R., for the sake of the people, L. —    II. To present, endow, gift: cohortem donis, Cs.: eum coronā: a Gaio civitate donatus est, Cs.: Laureā donandus Apollinari, H.: non donatus, without a gift, V.: ego te quid donem? T.
    * * *
    donare, donavi, donatus V
    present, grant; forgive; give (gifts), bestow

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  • 3 concedo

    con-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. (a strengthened cedo, and corresp. with it in most of its signiff.); lit., to go, walk; hence,
    I.
    Neutr., with reference to the terminus a quo, to go or walk away from a place, to depart, retire, withdraw, remove from (in lit. signif. rare but class.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    concedite atque abscedite omnes, de viā decedite,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; so absol., Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 102; id. Hec. 4, 2, 21; cf.:

    ipsae concedite silvae,

    farewell, Verg. E. 10, 63.—With prep.:

    a foribus,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 82:

    abs te,

    id. Pers. 1, 1, 51:

    ab oculis alicujus,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

    superis ab oris,

    Verg. A. 2, 91:

    ex aedibus,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 57.—With abl. only:

    oculis,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 16:

    caelo,

    Verg. A. 10, 215:

    solio,

    Sil. 3, 628.—With adv.:

    hinc,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 158; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 126; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 11.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Pregn. ( = cedo, II. A. 2.), to pass away, disappear, vanish, in Tac. (with and without vitā), to depart from life, die:

    tumor et irae Concessere deūm,

    Verg. A. 8, 41:

    vitā,

    to die, Tac. A. 1, 3; 3, 30; 6, 39; 12, 39; 14, 51; and absol.: quandoque concessero, id. ib. 4, 38; 13, 30;

    the same: concessit superis ab oris,

    Verg. A. 2, 91; cf.:

    vitā per auras concessit ad Manes,

    id. ib. 10, 820. —
    2.
    With dat. or absol., prop. qs. to go out of the way for one (on account of his wishes, or his superior power or excellence), i. e. to yield to, submit, give way to, adapt one's self to.
    a.
    To yield or submit to power or compulsion:

    ut magnitudini medicinae doloris magnitudo concederet,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63:

    certum est, concedere homini nato nemini,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 15:

    neque nox quoquam concedit die (i. e. diei),

    id. Am. 1, 1, 120 (cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 48): cedant arma togae, concedat laurea linguae, Cic. Poët. Off. 1, 22, 77 (cf. id. Pis. 30, 74, and Quint. 11, 1, 24):

    bellum ac tumultum paci atque otio concessurum,

    id. Pis. 30, 73:

    voluptatem concessuram dignitati,

    id. Fin. 3, 1, 1:

    injuriae,

    Sall. J. 14, 24:

    obsidioni,

    i. e. permit, Tac. A. 13, 40:

    operi meo concedite,

    Ov. M. 8, 393; id. F. 1, 222:

    naturae,

    i. e. to die, Sall. J. 14, 15; so,

    fato,

    Plin. Pan. 11, 3:

    fatis magnis,

    Val. Fl. 1, 554:

    apparebat aut hostibus aut civibus de victoriā concedendum esse,

    Liv. 4, 6, 6; cf. so impers.:

    postquam concessum propemodum de victoriā credebant,

    id. 3, 60, 4.—
    b.
    To give place to in excellence, dignity, rank, etc., to yield to, to give precedence:

    me amantissimum tui, nemini concedentem,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 3, 2; so id. ib. 4, 3, 1;

    4, 3, 4: etsi de cupiditate nemini concedam,

    id. Att. 12, 47, 2:

    sese unis Suebis concedere,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 7:

    majestati ejus viri concedere,

    Liv. 6, 6, 7:

    aetati,

    Sall. J. 11, 4; id. H. Fragm. 1, 17; cf. so impers.:

    Sulla, cujus facundiae, non aetati a Manlio concessum,

    id. J. 102, 4:

    vigenti Silio,

    Tac. A. 3, 43:

    seniori Sentio,

    id. ib. 2, 74:

    ut vix Apronio illi de familiaritate concedere videatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 108:

    Antario Varoque de gloriā,

    Tac. H. 3, 64:

    nemini in illa causā studio et cupiditate concedere,

    Cic. Deiot. 10, 28:

    nec amore in hanc patriam nobis concedunt,

    Tac. A. 11, 24:

    nec, si muneribus certes, concedat Iollas,

    Verg. E. 2, 57.—With acc. of quantity (cf. 3. infra):

    magistro tantulum de arte,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 118:

    alicui quicquam in desperatione,

    id. Att. 14, 18, 3. —
    c.
    To yield, submit to one's will, comply with one's wishes:

    ut tibi concedam, neque tuae libidini advorsabor,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 3:

    matri meae,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 28:

    concessit senatus postulationi tuae,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47:

    jurisconsultis concedi,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67.— Impers.:

    Caesar... concedendum non putabat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 7.—
    d.
    Like sunchôrein tini, to assent to, concede to:

    nunquamne hodie concedes mihi Neque intelleges, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 22 (credes, consenties, Ruhnk.):

    stultum me fateor, liceat concedere veris,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 305 (cf. in Gr. sunchôrein têi alêtheiai).—
    e.
    To assent to, grant, pardon, allow, etc.:

    quos (judices) alienis peccatis concessuros putes, quo facilius ipsis peccare liceat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    poëtae non ignoscit, nobis concedit,

    id. de Or. 3, 51, 198:

    dicto concedi,

    id. Rosc. Am. 1, 3:

    cui (vitio) si concedere nolis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 140; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 85.—Hence (cf. cedo, II. A. 3. fin.),
    3.
    Act., with acc. (and dat.) aliquid alicui.
    a.
    To grant, concede, allow; to consign something over to, to resign, yield, vouchsafe, confirm to, etc. (very freq. in all perr. and species of composition):

    illum mihi aequius est quam me illi quae volo concedere,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 47:

    si nunc de tuo jure concessisses paululum,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 9:

    partem octavam pretii,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 3:

    date hoc et concedite pudori meo, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 32; cf. Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 16:

    alicui primas in dicendo partis,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49:

    amicis quicquid velint,

    id. Lael. 11, 38:

    neque quicquam illius audaciae,

    id. Caecin. 35, 103:

    doctrinam alicui,

    Quint. 11, 1, 89; cf.:

    artes tibi,

    Cic. Quint. 30, 93:

    intellegentiam, prudentiam,

    Quint. 12, 1, 3:

    principatum imperii maritimi Atheniensibus,

    Nep. Timoth. 2, 2; cf. id. Dion, 6, 3; Suet. Aug. 66; id. Tib. 4; Prop. 2 (3), 15, 37; cf.:

    tempus quieti, aut luxuriae,

    Sall. J. 61, 3:

    tempestivum pueris ludum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 142:

    libertatem his,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 15 fin.:

    vitam alicui,

    Suet. Caes. 68; id. Aug. 13; 16: crimen gratiae, i. e. to accuse or inform against for the sake of favor, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 19:

    peccata alicui,

    to pardon him, id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128:

    delicta,

    Suet. Ner. 29.— Pass.: Siciliam nimis celeri desperatione rerum concessam, [p. 397] had been ceded, given up, Liv. 21, 1, 5:

    Scaevolae concessa est facundiae virtus,

    Quint. 12, 3, 9; 10, 1, 100 et saep.:

    acrius... Ulcisci, quam nunc concessum est legibus aequis,

    Lucr. 5, 1148; cf. Nep. Them. 10 fin.; Suet. Tib. 18.— Poet., with in and acc.:

    concessit in iras Ipse... genitor Calydona Dianae,

    gave over to be punished, Verg. A. 7, 305.—
    (β).
    With dat. and inf.:

    nec nostrā dicere linguā Concedit nobis patrii sermonis egestas,

    Lucr. 1, 831; so,

    ducere neptem,

    Cat. 64, 29:

    esse poëtis,

    Hor. A. P. 373; Suet. Aug. 44 et saep.— Impers. pass.:

    de re publicā nisi per concilium loqui non conceditur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 20 fin.:

    quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12; Quint. 12, 1, 37; 12, 1, 42; 8, 6, 76; Suet. Ner. 12:

    servis quoque pueros hujus aetatis verberare concedimus,

    Curt. 8, 8, 3:

    concedunt plangere matri,

    Stat. Th. 6, 134:

    cum accusare etiam palam concessum sit,

    Quint. 6, 3, 28; 2, 17, 27; 11, 3, 150: 8, 3, 30; 12, 3, 8 al.— Poet.:

    fatis numquam concessa moveri Camarina,

    not allowed. forbidden to be removed, Verg. A. 3, 700; cf.

    also personally: haec ubi conceduntur esse facta, for conceditur haec esse facta,

    Cic. Caecin. 15, 44.—
    (γ).
    With acc. and inf.:

    non omnia corpora vocem Mittere concedis,

    you grant, Lucr. 2, 835:

    oculos falli,

    id. 4, 380; Quint. 2, 5, 25:

    culpam inesse concedam,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 76:

    poëtas legendos oratori futuro,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29.— Pass. impers.:

    concedatur profecto verum esse, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 14, 50. —
    (δ).
    With ut or ne:

    nec vero histrionibus oratoribusque concedendum est, ut iis haec apta sint, nobis dissoluta,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:

    verum concedo tibi ut ea praetereas, quae, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54:

    concedant ut viri boni fuerint,

    id. Lael. 5, 18; id. de Or. 1, 13, 57; Lucr. 2, 658:

    non concedo, ut sola sint,

    Quint. 6, 2, 11 al.: cui concedi potest, ut? etc., Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 13, 21:

    ut concedatur ne in conspectum veniat,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 48.—
    (ε).
    With a simple subj.:

    concedo sit dives,

    Cat. 114, 5; Ov. A. A. 1, 523. —
    (ζ).
    Absol.:

    beatos esse deos sumpsisti: concedimus,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 89; id. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; cf. Quint. 1, 1, 2:

    consules neque concedebant neque valde repugnabant,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 44.—
    b.
    = condono, to grant or yield something to one as a favor or from regard, to desist from, forbear, give up; forgive, pardon:

    inimicitias rei publicae,

    to give up for the sake of the State, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 44:

    petitionem alicui,

    from regard to, id. Phil. 2, 2, 4:

    peccata liberum parentum misericordiae,

    id. Clu. 69, 195:

    cum Marcellum senatui reique publicae concessisti,

    id. Marcell. 1, 3:

    ut concessisti illum (sc. Marcellum) senatui, sic da hunc (sc. Ligarium) populo,

    as you have pardoned him in deference to the Senate, id. Lig. 12, 37; cf. Nep. Att. 7 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 55; 4, 31:

    Montanus patri concessus est,

    id. ib. 16, 33 fin.
    II.
    Neutr., in respect to the terminus ad quem, to go, walk, betake one's self somewhere, to retire, withdraw to, etc.; with ad, in, or adv.:

    tantisper hic ego ad januam concessero,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 5, 6 Wagn.; cf.:

    ad Manes,

    i. e. to die, Verg. A. 10, 820:

    ad victorem,

    Tac. H. 2, 51:

    ad dexteram,

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 12:

    caeli distributio docet unde fulmen venerit, quo concesserit,

    Cic. Div. 2, 20, 45; so Lucr. 1, 380:

    huc,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 19; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 28; id. Trin. 2, 4, 116; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 122; Caecil. ap. Non. p. 270, 8:

    istuc,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 56; Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 39:

    vis animae in altum,

    Lucr. 4, 919:

    in delubrum,

    Liv. 30, 20, 6:

    in hiberna,

    id. 26, 20, 6; cf.:

    Carthaginem Novam in hiberna,

    id. 21, 15, 3:

    Argos habitatum,

    Nep. Them. 8, 1:

    Cythnum,

    Tac. A. 3, 69:

    Neapolin,

    id. ib. 14, 10:

    Patavium,

    id. H. 3, 11:

    in insulam,

    id. ib. 5, 19:

    in turbam,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 143:

    trans Rhenum,

    Tac. H. 5, 23:

    concede huc a foribus,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 48:

    hinc intro,

    id. Ps. 1, 5, 158; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 126:

    hinc aliquo ab ore eorum,

    id. Heaut. 3, 3, 11; cf.:

    aliquo ab eorum oculis,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

    hinc rus,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 7.—
    B.
    Trop.: in aliquid, of entering into an alliance, yielding to, etc., to agree or consent to, to assent, to submit, yield, or resign one's self, to acquiesce in, to go or pass over to any thing (freq. in the histt.):

    mulier, conjuncta viro, concessit in unum Conubium,

    Lucr. 5, 1010; cf.:

    in matrimonium,

    Just. 24, 2, 10: victi omnes in gentem nomenque imperantium concessere, were merged in, passed over into, Sall. J. 18, 12; so,

    in paucorum potentium jus atque dicionem,

    id. C. 20, 7; cf.:

    in dicionem,

    Liv. 38, 16, 9:

    in dominationem,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 22 Gerl.:

    in deditionem,

    Liv. 28, 7, 9; 39, 2, 4; 42, 53, 7:

    in Tyrias leges,

    Sil. 15, 6:

    in condiciones,

    Liv. 2, 33, 1:

    in sententiam,

    id. 32, 23, 12; 32, 36, 8; Tac. A. 1, 79 fin.; cf.: in illos, assent to, yield to them, Cic. Fragm. ap. Aug. contr. Avid. 3, 7:

    in partes,

    Tac. H. 2, 1.

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  • 4 dono

    dōno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [donum].
    I.
    To give one something as a present; to present, [p. 611] bestow; to grant, vouchsafe, confer (freq. and class.).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Prop.:

    donavi ei, quae voluit, quae postulavit: te quoque ei dono dedi,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 5; cf. id. Poen. 2, 23:

    non pauca suis adjutoribus large effuseque donabat,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 8 fin.:

    munera ista civibus tuis,

    id. Tusc. 5, 32, 90:

    praedam militibus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 11 fin.:

    catenam ex voto Laribus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 65 et saep.:

    alicui non unius diei gratulationem, sed aeternitatem immortalitatemque,

    Cic. Pis. 3, 7:

    studiis temporum velut subseciva,

    Quint. 1, 12, 13:

    alicui gaudia,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 27:

    (cadus) Spes donare novas largus,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 19:

    uxorem cum dote fidemque, etc., regina pecunia donat,

    id. Ep. 1, 6, 37:

    (aurae) Omnia (mandata) discerpunt et nubibus irrita donant,

    Verg. A. 9, 313 et saep.—
    (β).
    With inf. ( poet.):

    huic loricam Donat habere viro,

    Verg. A. 5, 262 (acc. to the Gr. dôken hippon agein, Hom. Il. 23, 612); so id. ib. 10, 701:

    frui paratis,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 18:

    divinare magnus mihi donat Apollo,

    id. S. 2, 5, 60.—
    (γ).
    With ut and subj. ( poet.):

    Calliope, nostro donate labori, nota parum ut facta tradantur, etc.,

    Sil. 12, 390. —
    2.
    Trop., to give up, sacrifice (cf. condono):

    amicitias rei publicae,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2; so,

    iram patriae,

    Sil. 15, 603.—
    B.
    In partic., to remit, forgive a debt, obligation, or penalty.
    1.
    Lit.:

    mercedes habitationum annuas conductoribus donavit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 1:

    causam illi,

    Just. 32, 2, 4: legem, i. e. actionem lege datam, to give up, resign, Petr. poët. 18, 6;

    for which, negotium (with componere),

    Suet. Calig. 40. —
    2.
    Trop. for the more usual condonare, to forgive, pardon an offence or him that committed it, for another's sake (so perhaps not ante-Aug.):

    culpa gravis precibus donatur saepe suorum,

    Ov. Pont. 2, 7, 51:

    noxae damnatus donatur populo Romano, donatur tribuniciae potestati,

    Liv. 8, 35; cf. id. 2, 35, 5 Drak.:

    patrem filio,

    Just. 32, 2, 5:

    victum memoriae patris,

    id. 38, 6; Flor. 3, 5, 10 Duker.
    II.
    Aliquem (aliquā re), to present one with any thing (class. and very freq.):

    donis plurimis donatus,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 137; cf. id. Stich. 5, 2, 8; Caes. B. C. 3, 53 fin.:

    aliquem paterā,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 131; 134; 139:

    aliquem anulo aureo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 80:

    aliquem civitate,

    id. Arch. 3, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 47, 4:

    aliquem laureā Apollinari,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 9 et saep.:

    meritos in proeliis more militiae donat,

    Sall. J. 54, 1; cf.: donatus atque laudatus magnifice pro contione, id. ib 8, 2 et saep.— Absol.: gaudent, currunt, celebrant, donant, tenent, Att. ap. Non. 317, 15 (Trag. Fragm. p. 193, ed. Rib.).—
    (β).
    Ante-class.: aliquem aliquid;

    egon te pro hoc nuntio quid donem?

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 9. —(But in Enn. ap. Prob. Verg. E. 6 the right reading seems to be: fata docet fari, not fari donavit, v. Vahl. Enn. p. 7).

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  • vouchsafe — I verb accord, acquiesce, admit, allow, assent, bear with, bestow, comply with, concede, concedere, condescend, condescend to grant, consent, deign to give, deign to grant, favor with, give in, grant, grant by favor, gratify, humor, indulge, let …   Law dictionary

  • vouchsafe — c.1300, vouchen safe to vouch as safe (see VOUCH (Cf. vouch) and SAFE (Cf. safe)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • vouchsafe — *grant, accord, concede, award Analogous words: *give, bestow, confer, present: condescend, deign, *stoop: *oblige, accommodate, favor …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • vouchsafe — ► VERB ▪ give, grant, or disclose in a gracious or condescending manner. ORIGIN originally as the phrase vouch something safe on someone, i.e. «warrant the secure conferment of» …   English terms dictionary

  • vouchsafe — UK [ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf] / US [vaʊtʃˈseɪf] / US [ˈvaʊtʃˌseɪf] verb [transitive] Word forms vouchsafe : present tense I/you/we/they vouchsafe he/she/it vouchsafes present participle vouchsafing past tense vouchsafed past participle vouchsafed formal to… …   English dictionary

  • vouchsafe — transitive verb (vouchsafed; vouchsafing) Etymology: Middle English vouchen sauf to grant, consent, deign, from Anglo French voucher salf Date: 14th century 1. a. to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner b. to give by way… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • vouchsafe — vouchsafement, n. /vowch sayf /, v., vouchsafed, vouchsafing. v.t. 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… …   Universalium

  • vouchsafe — verb (T) formal 1 to offer, give, or tell something to someone in a way that shows you trust them: insights into the future vouchsafed by God 2 to make it certain that something will be safe: political arrangements that vouchsafe peace …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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