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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
vouchsafe .
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Examples
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"But could you please try to fit in a 'vouchsafes' or a
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"But could you please try to fit in a 'vouchsafes' or a
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"But could you please try to fit in a 'vouchsafes' or a
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The New York Times vouchsafes us no explanation in the article, or in the deadpan caption, why an election official would dress up as a puppet theater character in order to guard a ballot box.
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For my taste, doing it in public, whether gay or straight, lacks decorum and vouchsafes an unseemly self-absorption.
Letters: Harp heaven 2011
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I love the way the railway vouchsafes glimpses into the back gardens and homes set closely by the line.
Railway Light Peter Ashley 2008
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So while imposing a huge new tax on all Americans, she vouchsafes to return some of the money to some people.
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He vouchsafes intimate details that no stranger could have known, such as the death of an infant child; he even gives people information they didn't know themselves but were able to verify later.
Heaven's Gatekeepers 2008
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Negrepelisses; and if she vouchsafes to acknowledge the relationship, I intend to cultivate her a good deal; she may perhaps procure a place for Bargeton.
Two Poets 2007
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Stockerus vouchsafes to repeat verbatim amongst other receipts.
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