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to vouchsafe
01
to give something with a sense of superiority
Ditransitive: to vouchsafe sb sth | to vouchsafe sth to sb
Examples
The professor vouchsafed a small piece of advice to the struggling student, as if imparting wisdom to a child.
The king vouchsafed his pardon to the guilty prisoner with a lofty gesture.
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