Vouchsafe /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Vouchsafed; p. pr. & vb. n. Vouchsafing

1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.

   If ye vouchsafe that it be so.

   Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two?

   It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to the heathens the means of salvation.

2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.]

1. To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.

   Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.

   Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What power the charms of beauty had of old.