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vouch

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Verb

vouch (vouches, present participle vouching; past and past participle vouched)

To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
To warrant; to maintain by affirmations
Synonyms: attest, affirm, avouch
- They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it.
I can vouch that the match took place.
- The tears that suffused my sister's eyes when I mentioned our friend, and her heightened colour seemed to vouch for the truth of the reports that had reached me.
To back; to support; to confirm.
- {{RQ:Milton PL|book=5|passage=Me damp horror chilled / At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold.
To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
- He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee.
(obsolete) To call; to summon.
- [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers.
To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
- 1713-14, Jonathan Swift, The Publick Spirit of the Whigs
  He will not believe her until the elector of Hanover shall vouch for the truth of what she has […] affirmed.
To call as a witness.
- Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon.
To assert; to aver; to declare.