vouch

  • 21vouch — UK [vaʊtʃ] / US verb Word forms vouch : present tense I/you/we/they vouch he/she/it vouches present participle vouching past tense vouched past participle vouched Phrasal verbs: vouch for …

    English dictionary

  • 22vouch — v. 1 intr. (foll. by for) answer for, be surety for (will vouch for the truth of this; can vouch for him; could not vouch for his honesty). 2 tr. archaic cite as an authority. 3 tr. archaic confirm or uphold (a statement) by evidence or assertion …

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  • 23vouch — /vowch/, v.i. 1. to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually fol. by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity. 2. to attest; guarantee; certify (usually fol. by for): to vouch for someone in a business transaction. v.t …

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  • 24vouch — [14] Vouch originally meant ‘call as a witness’; ‘guarantee’ is a 16th century development. The word was borrowed from Old French voucher ‘summon’, which in turn appears to have evolved from Latin vocāre ‘call’ (source of English vocation,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25vouch — [vaʊtʃ] verb vouch for sb vouch for sth …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 26vouch — [14] Vouch originally meant ‘call as a witness’; ‘guarantee’ is a 16th century development. The word was borrowed from Old French voucher ‘summon’, which in turn appears to have evolved from Latin vocāre ‘call’ (source of English vocation,… …

    Word origins

  • 27vouch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English vochen, vouchen, from Anglo French voucher to call, vouch, from Latin vocare to call, summon, from vox voice more at voice Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to summon into court to warrant or defend a title 2 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28vouch — Synonyms and related words: acknowledge, affirm, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allege, and candle, announcement, annunciation, assert under oath, assertion, asseverate, asseveration, assure, attest, aver, averment, avouch, avouchment, avow …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 29vouch — [[t]va͟ʊtʃ[/t]] vouches, vouching, vouched Phrasal Verbs: vouch for …

    English dictionary

  • 30vouch — verb (vouch for) assert or confirm the truth or accuracy of. ↘confirm the identity or good character of (someone). Origin ME (in the sense summon a person to court to prove title to property ): from OFr. voucher summon , based on L. vocare to… …

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