vouchsafe
verb
[ vaʊtʃˈseɪf ]
• give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner.
• "it is a blessing vouchsafed him by heaven"
Similar:
grant,
give,
accord,
award,
offer,
hand,
confer on,
bestow on,
yield to,
cede to,
favour with,
deign,
condescend,
stoop,
unbend,
sink,
lower oneself,
humble oneself,
demean oneself,
Origin:
Middle English: originally as the phrase vouch something safe on someone, i.e. ‘warrant the secure conferment of (something on someone)’.
