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Vouching
(gcide) | Vouch \Vouch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vouched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vouching.] [OE. vouchen, OF. vochier to call, fr. L. vocare
to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice. See Voice, and cf.
Avouch.]
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1. To call; to summon. [Obs.]
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[They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the
authority of the writers. --Sir T.
Elyot.
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2. To call upon to witness; to obtest.
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Vouch the silent stars and conscious moon. --Dryden.
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3. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to
affirm; to avouch.
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They made him ashamed to vouch the truth of the
relation, and afterwards to credit it. --Atterbury.
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4. To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.
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Me damp horror chilled
At such bold words vouched with a deed so bold.
--Milton.
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5. (Law) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make
good a warranty of title.
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He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the
common vouchee. --Blackstone.
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Syn: To obtest; declare; affirm; attest; warrant; confirm;
asseverate; aver; protest; assure.
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Avouching
(gcide) | Avouch \A*vouch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Avouched (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Avouching.] [OF. avochier, LL. advocare to recognize
the existence of a thing, to advocate, fr. L. advocare to
call to; ad + vocare to call. Cf. Avow to declare,
Advocate, and see Vouch, v. t.]
1. To appeal to; to cite or claim as authority. [Obs.]
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They avouch many successions of authorities. --Coke.
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2. To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.
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We might be disposed to question its authenticity,
it if were not avouched by the full evidence.
--Milman.
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3. To declare or assert positively and as matter of fact; to
affirm openly.
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If this which he avouches does appear. --Shak.
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Such antiquities could have been avouched for the
Irish. --Spenser.
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4. To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to
sanction.
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Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God.
--Deut. xxvi.
17.
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