v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vouchsafed p. pr. & vb. n. Vouchsafing. ] [ Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch or answer for safety. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow. [ 1913 Webster ]

If ye vouchsafe that it be so. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathens the means of salvation. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To receive or accept in condescension. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold
What power the charms of beauty had of old. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of vouchsafing, or that which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]