Sentence example with the word 'vouchsafe'

vouchsafe

accord, award, consent, dispense, gift, give permission, heap, let, offer, rain, shower, tender

Definition v. grant in a condescending manner

Last update: August 28, 2015


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He vouchsafed to his friend all his wealth.   [verb]

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Let us try to conform to them and follow them, and let us be persuaded that the less we let our feeble human minds roam, the better we shall please God, who rejects all knowledge that does not come from Him; and the less we seek to fathom what He has been pleased to conceal from us, the sooner will He vouchsafe its revelation to us through His divine Spirit.   [verb]

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If the Holy Mother did not sometimes vouchsafe a sign of human feeling, even good Catholics would have left off kneeling to her image.   [verb]

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It has been vouchsafed to many even in the midst of life to be born again to a higher existence.   [verb]

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Sirona vouchsafed no answer to this last question, but she exclaimed in great excitement, "By God--by your God--by the mighty Rock, and by all the gods."   [verb]

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Then the returning sovereign greeted the others with a gracious gesture, but vouchsafed a word to no one until the eunuch stepped before her to deliver his address of welcome.   [verb]

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It is nothing but a feeling, a sensation, which the envious gods vouchsafe more often to the needy than to the mighty.   [verb]

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But the fierce monster railed at the great ruler of Olympusfor the lawless Cyclops knew no fear of the godsand hardly vouchsafed a reply to the demand of the hero.   [verb]

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To which palpable truth so urgently declared an answer was vouchsafed, not indeed according to our full desires, yet (doubtless) level with our deserts.   [verb]

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The Pythia vouchsafed no reply to his inquiry, but informed him, to his horror, that he was fated to kill his father and to marry his own mother.   [verb]

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Rachel vouchsafed no reply.   [Please select]

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