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vouch

[ vouch ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for ):

    Her record in office vouches for her integrity.

  2. to attest; guarantee; certify (usually followed by for ):

    to vouch for someone in a business transaction.



verb (used with object)

  1. to sustain or uphold by, or as if by, practical proof or demonstration.
  2. (formerly) to call or summon (a person) into court to make good a warranty of title.
  3. to adduce or quote in support, as extracts from a book or author; cite in warrant or justification, as authority, instances, facts, etc.
  4. Archaic. to warrant or attest; to support or authenticate with vouchers.
  5. Archaic. to declare as with warrant; vouch for.
  6. Obsolete. to call or take as a witness.

noun

Obsolete.
  1. a vouching; an assertion.
  2. a formal attestation; a supporting warrant.

vouch

/ ±¹²¹ÊŠ³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. intrusually foll byfor to give personal assurance; guarantee

    I'll vouch for his safety

  2. whentr, usually takes a clause as object; when intr, usually foll by for to furnish supporting evidence (for) or function as proof (of)
  3. tr English legal history to summon (a person who had warranted title to land) to defend that title or give up land of equal value
  4. archaic.
    tr to cite (authors, principles, etc) in support of something
  5. obsolete.
    tr to assert
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. obsolete.
    the act of vouching; assertion or allegation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ·É±ð±ô±ô-±¹´Ç³Ü³¦³ó±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vouch1

1275–1325; Middle English vouchen < Anglo-French, Middle French vo ( u ) cher, Old French avochier < Latin ²¹»å±¹´Ç³¦Äå°ù±ð; advocate
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vouch1

C14: from Old French vocher to summon, ultimately from Latin ±¹´Ç³¦Äå°ù±ð to call
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In some groups buyers had written reviews after receiving their knives - "banging quality these" and "vouched - nice one bro".

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Reid already knew Jason, having drafted him two years earlier while coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, and he told him: "You're vouching for this guy."

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He vowed to infiltrate the Proud Boys and got Coates to vouch for him with the local chapter.

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The FDA allows food makers to vouch for the safety of ingredients they add to our food, calling them ‘generally recognized as safe.’

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Even for the artists with very brief cameos, simply getting your name in the credits of a Lamar album is a life-altering vouch.

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