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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

... very distinctly to this day. I could almost vouch for the words I have put into our several mouths. Then comes a blank. I have a dim memory of being back in the house near the Links and the bustle of Melmount's departure, of finding Parker's energy distasteful, and of going away ...

— In the Days of the Comet • H. G. Wells

... I cannot vouch for. Myself, I can believe it. Brown and MacShaugnassy made no attempt to do so, which seemed unfriendly. Jephson excused himself on the plea of a headache. I admit there are points in it presenting difficulties ...

— The Idler, Volume III., Issue XIII., February 1893 - An Illustrated Monthly. Edited By Jerome K. Jerome & Robert Barr • Various

... told me to tell you so. She attaches great importance to the fact that your grandmother was an Everard of Albany. She's prepared to open her arms to you. I don't know whether it won't make it harder for poor Owen...the contrast, I mean...There are no Ambassadresses or Everards to vouch for HIS choice! But you'll help me, won't you? You'll help me to help him? To-morrow I'll tell you the rest. Now I must rush ...

— The Reef • Edith Wharton

... the right to add the final vote, And I award it to Orestes' cause. For me no mother bore within her womb, And, save for wedlock evermore eschewed, I vouch myself the champion of the man, Not of the woman, yea, with all my soul,— In heart, as birth, a father's child alone. Thus will I not too heinously regard A woman's death who did her husband slay, The guardian of her home; and if the votes Equal do fall, Orestes shall prevail. Ye of the judges who ...

— The House of Atreus • AEschylus

... English reports, Dr. De Landsheer, a Belgian, was killed in this engagement. The English newspapers asserted that the doctor was found dead with a bandolier round his body. I can vouch for the fact that the doctor possessed neither rifle nor bandolier, and I am unable to believe that he armed himself ...

— Three Years' War • Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

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