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vouchsafe

/vouch-seyf/US // vaʊtʃˈseɪf //UK // (ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf) //

担保人,担保安全,担保,保证安全

Related Words

give给,给予,赋予,给与grant授予,补助金,资助,赠与yield产量,屈服,收益,收益率concede让步,认输,承认,认输吧favor赞成,偏爱,宠爱,恩惠bestow赐予,赠予,赠与,赋予condescend屈尊降贵,屈尊俯就,居高临下,屈尊award奖励,奖,奖赏,授予deign设计,尊严

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    vouch·safed, vouch·saf·ing.

    • : to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question.
    • : to allow or permit, as by favor or graciousness: They vouchsafed his return to his own country.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    vouch·safed, vouch·saf·ing.

    • : to condescend; deign.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbpermit
Synonyms
award奖励,奖,奖赏,授予bestow赐予,赠予,赠与,赋予concede让步,认输,承认,认输吧condescend屈尊降贵,屈尊俯就,居高临下,屈尊deign设计,尊严favor赞成,偏爱,宠爱,恩惠give给,给予,赋予,给与grant授予,补助金,资助,赠与yield产量,屈服,收益,收益率

Examples

  • The dolls do not talk; the little Genie that gave them their smile did not vouchsafe the gift of speech.

  • Let the female married victim ever make the most of such positive wrongs as Providence may vouchsafe to her.

  • And what flighty nonsense must you read, if you now will vouchsafe to correspond with me, as formerly!

  • Vouchsafe to taste of a poor banquet that stands sweetly waiting for your sweet presence.

  • Did God then vouchsafe a reply to the love which evidently dictated these prayers?

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