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Vouchsafe: Definition and part of speech

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Vouchsafe

  1. v. i. To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
  2. v. t. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
  3. v. t. To receive or accept in condescension.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vouchsafement: Definition and part of speech

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Vouchsafement

  1. n. The act of vouchsafing, or that which is vouchsafed; a gift or grant in condescension.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vouchee: Definition and part of speech

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Vouchee

  1. n. The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Voucher: Definition and part of speech

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Voucher

  1. n. 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.
  2. n. One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.
  3. n. 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.
  4. n. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.