See Also: pileous(medicine)
pileous gland(medicine)

vouchsafe (iou) and pileous (medicine)


vouchsafe (iou)



vouchsafe verb trans. Now chiefly literary & formal. ME.
[from VOUCH verb + SAFE adjective. Orig. as two words (sometimes separated or with inverted order).]
I. Confer or bestow (a thing) on a person. ME-L17.
Give or grant in a gracious or condescending manner. (Foll. by indirect obj., to.) ME.
J. London The one rational moment that was vouchsafed her. Times Literary Supplement A reputation for erudition..gained..by claiming to know what was vouchsafed only to the adept.
b. Deign to utter (a word, answer etc.) in conversation or response. L16.
W. Black All the reply that Tita vouchsafed was to wear a pleased smile of defiance.
a. Be good enough to take part in (some pursuit). L16-M17.
b. Receive (a thing) graciously, deign to accept. Also (rare), be prepared to bear or sustain. L16-E17.
Acknowledge (a person) in some favourable relationship or manner. L16-M17.
II.
a. Permit or allow, as an act of grace or condescension. (Foll. by that.) ME-M17.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar If Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony May safely come to him.
b. Permit or allow (a person) to do. LME.
J. Keble Be it vouchsaf'd thee still to see Thy true, fond nurslings closer cling.
Show a gracious willingness to do, grant or permit readily, condescend or think fit to do. ME.
C. Wordsworth The Pope vouchsafed to give bulls of institution to the ecclesiastics named by the crown.
vouchsafement noun (a) an act of condescension or favour; a favour, blessing; (b) the action of conferring a boon or favour: E17.

pileous (medicine)


pileous


Synonym: hairy.

Origin: L. Pilus, hair