Vouch

Vouch
Vouch Vouch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vouched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vouching}.] [OE. vouchen, OF. vochier to call, fr. L. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See {Voice}, and cf. {Avouch}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To call; to summon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

[They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers. --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster]

2. To call upon to witness; to obtest. [1913 Webster]

Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch. [1913 Webster]

They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]

4. To back; to support; to confirm; to establish. [1913 Webster]

Me damp horror chilled At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

5. (Law) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title. [1913 Webster]

He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To obtest; declare; affirm; attest; warrant; confirm; asseverate; aver; protest; assure. [1913 Webster]


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  • vouch — vouch·ee; vouch; vouch·safe; vouch·safe·ment; vouch·er; vouch·er·able; …   English syllables

  • vouch — / vau̇ch/ vb [Anglo French voucher to call, summon, summon to court as guarantor of a title, ultimately from Latin vocare to call, summon] vt 1: to summon into court 2: to verify (a business transaction) by examining documentary evidence vi 1 …   Law dictionary

  • vouch|er — vouch|er1 «VOW chuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that vouches for something. 2. a written evidence of payment; receipt. Canceled checks returned to a person from his bank are vouchers. vouch|er2 «VOW chuhr», noun. in early English law: a) a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Vouch — Vouch, v. i. 1. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation. [1913 Webster] He will not believe her until the elector of Hanover shall vouch for the truth of what she has . . . affirmed. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. To assert; to aver; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vouch — Vouch, n. Warrant; attestation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The vouch of very malice itself. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vouch — [vouch] vt. [ME vouchen < OFr vocher < L vocare, to call < vox,VOICE] 1. to uphold by demonstration or evidence 2. Archaic a) to attest or affirm b) to cite in support of one s views or actions 3. in old English law, to call (a person) …   English World dictionary

  • vouch — ► VERB (vouch for) 1) assert or confirm the truth or accuracy of. 2) confirm the identity or good character of. ORIGIN Old French voucher summon , from Latin vocare to call …   English terms dictionary

  • vouch — early 14c., summon into court to prove a title, from Anglo Fr. voucher, O.Fr. vocher to call, summon, invoke, claim, probably from Gallo Romance *voticare, metathesis of L. vocitare to call to, summon insistently, frequentative of L. vocare to… …   Etymology dictionary

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