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Synonyms for vouchsafe

Most common

grant yield accord deign

All synonyms

Verb

1. Deign — to graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge

give, deign, grant, yield, accord, descend, concede, confer, stoop, bestow, impart, condescend dated

Other

vouch dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a right, benefit, outcome, etc.; to deign to acknowledge.

Forms

Past participle
vouchsafed
e.g. vouchsafed → given, deigned, granted, yielded…

Example sentences

  • grant My father, God grant him peace, was an accountant.
  • yield I'd rather die than yield to this sort of demand.
  • accord It'll go away of its own accord after a fortnight.
  • deign May God Almighty deign to hear and grant our prayers.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
vouchsafesteady
grantfalling
yieldfalling
accordfalling
deignrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
give1
5 letters
grant1, yield1, stoop1, vouch1, deign1
6 letters
accord2, confer2, impart2, bestow2
7 letters
descend2, concede2
10 letters
condescend3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (accord2 = 2 syllables).