MEANING
To give or allow something as a favor, often from a position of superiority.
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Words that belong together
- vouchsafe an answer
- vouchsafe a glimpse
On the page
The steward vouchsafed a glimpse of the sealed chamber.
She would not vouchsafe an answer until the witnesses had left.
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Word forms
- Base
- vouchsafe
- Past tense
- vouchsafed
- Past participle
- vouchsafed
- Present participle
- vouchsafing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- vouchsafe
- Present continuous
- am/is/are vouchsafing
- Present perfect
- have/has vouchsafed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been vouchsafing
- Past
- vouchsafed
- Past continuous
- was/were vouchsafing
- Past perfect
- had vouchsafed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been vouchsafing
- Future
- will vouchsafe
- Future continuous
- will be vouchsafing
- Future perfect
- will have vouchsafed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been vouchsafing
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: vouchsafe; vouchsafes; vouchsafed; vouchsafed; vouchsafing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: vouchsafes.
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