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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To give personal assurances; give a guarantee: vouch for an old friend's trustworthiness.
  2. v. To constitute supporting evidence; give substantiation: a candidate whose strong record vouches for her ability.
  3. v. To substantiate by supplying evidence; prove: charges that he could not vouch.
  4. v. Law To summon as a witness to give warranty of title.
  5. v. To refer to (an authority, for example) in support or corroboration; cite.
  6. v. To assert; declare.
  7. n. Obsolete A declaration of opinion; an assertion.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To call to witness.
  2. To declare; assert; affirm; attest; avouch.
  3. To warrant; be surety for; answer for; make good; confirm.
  4. To support; back; second; follow up.
  5. In law: To produce vouchers for, in support of a charge in account.
  6. In old English law, to call or summon into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
  7. Synonyms To asseverate, aver, protest.
  8. To bear witness; give testimony or attestation: more specifically, in old English law, to call in some one to make good his alleged warranty of title; be surety or guaranty.
  9. n. Approving or supporting warrant; confirmation; attestation.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
  2. v. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
  3. v. To back; to support; to confirm.
  4. v. To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
  5. v. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
  6. v. To assert; to aver; to declare.
  7. n. Warrant; attestation.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. obsolete To call; to summon.
  2. v. To call upon to witness; to obtest.
  3. v. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
  4. v. To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.
  5. v. (Law) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
  6. v. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
  7. v. To assert; to aver; to declare.
  8. n. obsolete Warrant; attestation.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. give personal assurance; guarantee.
  2. v. give supporting evidence
  3. v. give surety or assume responsibility
  4. v. summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title

Etymologies

  1. From Old French voucher, from Latin vocō. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English vouchen, to summon to court, warrant, from Anglo-Norman voucher, probably from Vulgar Latin *voticāre, alteration of Latin vocitāre, frequentative of vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “In that case all that is needed is an employee from a shelter, group home, etc. who is willing to "vouch" for the voter.”

    Election Central Morning Roundup

  • “I think we can kind of vouch for that looking at this video.”

    CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2009

  • “I just read your message so I'm posting my "vouch".”

    Another Brick in the Wall?

  • “Just now Blitzer had Frank Newport on and, needless to say, Blitzer stood up for Gallup and even said he would "vouch" for the poll.”

    Hullabaloo

  • “In Minnesota, a pre-registered voter can "vouch" for unregistered voters on Election Day to allow them to register.”

    StarTribune.com rss feed

  • “You're asking others to "vouch" for you to their readership, plus do the actual work of interviewing you which may require becoming more knowledgeable about what you do.”

    Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing

  • “Or they may even just leave a comment, whcih in itself can be valuable as it will 'vouch' for your site to other readers”

    Connected Internet

  • “So it's harder to register a canoe in Minnesota than it is to "vouch" for someone's identity to vote?”

    News Copy, New York

  • “For added peace of mind, the site also operates a system where members "vouch" for other members after meeting them in real life.”

    Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk

  • “Someone CAN same-day register AND VOTE if they have proof of residence OR can provide someone who will "vouch" for their residence.”

    Dad29

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