vouch

Verb
Synonyms: guarantee

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. give personal assurance; guarantee“Will he vouch for me?”
  2. give surety or assume responsibility“I vouch for the quality of my products”Synonyms: guarantee
  3. summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title
  4. give supporting evidence“He vouched his words by his deeds”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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 declare. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Vouch \Vouch\, n. Warrant; attestation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The vouch of very malice itself. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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