vouchsafing
present participle ofvouchsafe
vouchsafe
verb[T]
formaluk/ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf/us/ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪf/totellor give something to someone:
He vouchsafed theinformationthat themeetinghad beenpostponed.
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- dish
- hand off
- handsomethingin
- handsomethingout
- handsomethingover
- handsomethinground
- invest
- passing
- reassignment
- rebid
- regift
- reprovision
- resource
- spare
Examplesofvouchsafing
vouchsafing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He denied that sanctification could be esteemed asvouchsafing' evidence ' of justification.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Without somevouchsafing, one opens up to a man-in-the-middle attack.
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