Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for VOUCH-SAFE'
VOUCH-SAFE', v.t. [vouch and safe; to vouch or answer for safety.]
- To permit to be done without danger.
- To condescend to grant. Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two? – Shak. It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathen the means of salvation. – South.
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