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Vouch   /vaʊtʃ/   Listen
verb
Vouch  v. t.  (past & past part. vouched; pres. part. vouching)  
1.
To call; to summon. (Obs.) "(They) vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers."
2.
To call upon to witness; to obtest. "Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon."
3.
To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch. "They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it."
4.
To back; to support; to confirm; to establish. "Me damp horror chilled At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold."
5.
(Law) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title. "He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee."
Synonyms: To obtest; declare; affirm; attest; warrant; confirm; asseverate; aver; protest; assure.


Vouch  v. i.  
1.
To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation. "He will not believe her until the elector of Hanover shall vouch for the truth of what she has... affirmed."
2.
To assert; to aver; to declare.


noun
Vouch  n.  Warrant; attestation. (Obs.) "The vouch of very malice itself."





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"Vouch" Quotes from Famous Books



... your mind at rest on that score. Though not very merciful, as you know, I would put no poor soul through that ordeal again. In this case you will only have to encounter one of the tormentors you met on that occasion, and I will try to vouch for her better behavior." Then she added, seriously: "I hope you will not think the task beneath you. You do not seem to have much of the foolish pride that stands in the way of so many Americans, and then"—looking ...
— Barriers Burned Away • E. P. Roe
... one of the curious customs of American politics that when anybody is nominated for office, his competitors are the first to be called upon to vouch for the wisdom of the choice. Perhaps that is the reason I am called upon now. Though I did not consider myself as much of a candidate, I am ready to accept, approve and ratify the action of the Chicago convention. I will support the nomination ...
— Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. • John Sherman
... are not here for that. Nothing shall be done in any concealed manner. All dispatches which we send will go openly through your own telegraph, and I should be glad if all that we shall write could be seen by your government. I can not, of course, say what its character will be, but can vouch for its truth, fairness, and integrity, and for the conduct of every leading man who shall be sent. I shall never counsel or permit a sly or underhand action with your government, and you will pardon me, Pasha, if I say I shall expect the same treatment in return—such ...
— A Story of the Red Cross - Glimpses of Field Work • Clara Barton
... was an Ice Age fifty thousand or so years ago, when everything that lived had to huddle along the equator. I don't vouch for it. I'm merely telling ...
— The Great Sioux Trail - A Story of Mountain and Plain • Joseph Altsheler
... attractive force, drawn, as the adamant draws this iron, or the jet the straw, to visit your sweet self in the shade, and afford you such company as a poor swain may yield without offense; which, if you shall vouch to deign of, I shall be as glad of such accepted service, as Paris was first of ...
— A History of English Prose Fiction • Bayard Tuckerman


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