\Vouch*safe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vouchsafed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Vouchsafing}.] [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch
or answer for safety.]
1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.
         If ye vouchsafe that it be so.        --Chaucer.
         Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two?
                                               --Shak.
         It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to
         the heathens the means of salvation.  --South.
2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] --Shak.

\Vouch*safe"\, v. i.
To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
--Chaucer.
      Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.
                                               --Bk. of Com.
                                               Prayer.
      Vouchsafe, illustrious Ormond, to behold What power the
      charms of beauty had of old.             --Dryden.