Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To give personal assurances; give a guarantee: vouch for an old friend's trustworthiness.
- v. To constitute supporting evidence; give substantiation: a candidate whose strong record vouches for her ability.
- v. To substantiate by supplying evidence; prove: charges that he could not vouch.
- v. Law To summon as a witness to give warranty of title.
- v. To refer to (an authority, for example) in support or corroboration; cite.
- v. To assert; declare.
- n. Obsolete A declaration of opinion; an assertion.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To call to witness.
- To declare; assert; affirm; attest; avouch.
- To warrant; be surety for; answer for; make good; confirm.
- To support; back; second; follow up.
- In law: To produce vouchers for, in support of a charge in account.
- In old English law, to call or summon into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
- Synonyms To asseverate, aver, protest.
- 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.
- n. Approving or supporting warrant; confirmation; attestation.
Wiktionary
- v. To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
- v. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
- v. To back; to support; to confirm.
- v. To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
- v. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
- v. To assert; to aver; to declare.
- n. Warrant; attestation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To call; to summon.
- v. To call upon to witness; to obtest.
- v. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch.
- v. To back; to support; to confirm; to establish.
- v. (Law) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
- v. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
- v. To assert; to aver; to declare.
- n. obsolete Warrant; attestation.
WordNet 3.0
- v. give personal assurance; guarantee.
- v. give supporting evidence
- v. give surety or assume responsibility
- v. summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title
Etymologies
- From Old French voucher, from Latin vocō. (Wiktionary)
- 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.”
“I think we can kind of vouch for that looking at this video.”
“I just read your message so I'm posting my "vouch".”
“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.”
“In Minnesota, a pre-registered voter can "vouch" for unregistered voters on Election Day to allow them to register.”
“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.”
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“Or they may even just leave a comment, whcih in itself can be valuable as it will 'vouch' for your site to other readers”
“So it's harder to register a canoe in Minnesota than it is to "vouch" for someone's identity to vote?”
“For added peace of mind, the site also operates a system where members "vouch" for other members after meeting them in real life.”
“Someone CAN same-day register AND VOTE if they have proof of residence OR can provide someone who will "vouch" for their residence.”
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