Vouch

Quick meaning: Vouch is a verb meaning To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.

Meaning

To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.

More Meanings

1. To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
2. To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
3. To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
4. To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
5. Synonym of vouchsafe (“to condescendingly or graciously give or grant (something)”).
6. To assert, aver, or declare (something).
7. In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.

Example Sentences

[F]or more credit to vvhich aſſertion hee vouched ſundry books, and acts, […]

Nay tis moſt credible, we heere receiue it, A certaintie vouch'd from our Coſin Auſtria, […]

[T]hey have made him aſham'd firſt to Vouch the Truth of the Relation, and afterwards even to Credit it.

Deliuer them this Paper: hauing read it, Bid them repayre to th' Market place, where I Euen in theirs, and in the Commons eares Will vouch the truth of it.

Word Forms

• vouches
• vouching
• vouched

Synonyms for vouch

Depending on context, synonyms include obtest, attest, avouch, certify, vouchsafe, guarantee.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include guarantee, witness, attest, ensure, certify, testify.

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