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vouchsafe

British pronunciation/vˈa‍ʊt‍ʃse‍ɪf/
American pronunciation/vˈaʊtʃseɪf/
to vouchsafe
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

grant in a condescending manner

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Examples
1"The President of the Royal Society has been vouchsafed a strong inner conviction that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs."
2Sugimoto has said that water and air "vouchsafe for our very existence."
3Negro manhood says 'I will exercise the rights vouchsafed.'
4What was the revelation vouchsafed to him that he preached to the citizens of Mecca beginning around 615 to 620?
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