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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



... one, clearly, must vouch for the man's respectability. This was not in the lesson that had been taught him, but he determined to branch ...
— Jerry • Jean Webster
... taught it, and those who taught them believed it for the very same reason. When you trace back the revelation to its beginning, you always find that it is derived from men who lived a long time ago, or who perhaps never lived at all. Mohammed vouches for the Koran. Yes, but who will vouch for Mohammed? ...
— Flowers of Freethought - (First Series) • George W. Foote
... visits from corps headquarters at Hanover, he resigned his post, it is said, on the grounds that he could not treat British officers like common criminals, as he was supposed to. I think this is highly probable, though I cannot vouch for the truth of the assertion, it being only hearsay. He was replaced by a fat and rather harmless dug-out captain, who proved to be only a pompous figurehead. The camp was entirely run by the second in command, Lieutenant Wolfe. In England persons of this type are so rarely met with that ...
— 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany • Gerald Featherstone Knight
... I can vouch myself for the genuineness of the next example, recently copied verbatim from the original manuscript in the possession of a friend in the teaching profession in Glasgow. The general subject had been "Athletic Sports," and a boy wrote:—"Athletic ...
— Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories - A Book for Bairns and Big Folk • Robert Ford
... "I can vouch for numbers myself," replied Smith. "An' I've not a doubt in the world but that there valley's not yet hunted. But to ketch the darned scooters, that's the hell of it! Pan, even a thousand head would give me ...
— Valley of Wild Horses • Zane Grey


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