Vouchsafe

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Vouchsafed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Vouchsafing.]
	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.
v. i.	1.	To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop. 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.

Verb	1.	vouchsafe - grant in a condescending manner
	2.	vouchsafe - promise or agree condescendingly, as a special favor

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