资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vouchsafe \Vouch*safe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vouchsafed}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Vouchsafing}.] [Vouch + safe, that is, to vouch
   or answer for safety.]
   1. To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.

            If ye vouchsafe that it be so.        --Chaucer.

            Shall I vouchsafe your worship a word or two?
                                                  --Shak.

            It is not said by the apostle that God vouchsafed to
            the heathens the means of salvation.  --South.

   2. To receive or accept in condescension. [Obs.] --Shak.