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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To call; to summon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To call upon to witness; to obtest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch. [ 1913 Webster ]

They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To back; to support; to confirm; to establish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Me damp horror chilled
At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title. [ 1913 Webster ]

He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To obtest; declare; affirm; attest; warrant; confirm; asseverate; aver; protest; assure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will not believe her until the elector of Hanover shall vouch for the truth of what she has . . . affirmed. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To assert; to aver; to declare. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Warrant; attestation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The vouch of very malice itself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will his vouchers vouch him no more? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great writers of that age stand up together as vouchers for one another's reputation. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands. (b) The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A document attesting to a credit against certain defined expenditures; a recipt for prepayment; -- often used in pre-arranged travel plans, to provide evidence of pre-payment of the cost of lodging, transportation, or meals. [ PJC ]

n. A solemn assertion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) Same as Voucher, 3 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]