_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Posted on 03/30/2018 6:38:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
vouch·safe vouCHˈsāf,ˈvouCHˌsāf/ verb verb: vouchsafe; 3rd person present: vouchsafes; past tense: vouchsafed; past participle: vouchsafed; gerund or present participle: vouchsafing
give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner. "it is a blessing vouchsafed him by heaven" reveal or disclose (information). "you'd never vouchsafed that interesting tidbit before"
Origin Middle English: originally as the phrase vouch something safe on someone, i.e., ‘warrant the secure conferment of (something on someone).’
The sentence must, in someway, relate to the news of the day.
Class is in session!............no copying of other peoples’ works!....................
I will vouchsafe your ban of copying...
Laura has learned the hard way that one can not vouchsafe the acceptance of a gracious apology from a hogg.
As I, as a schoolboy, read Orwell, Huxley, and Rand, a locked box secreted itself away in my mind. Decades later I delight to find it was a love of liberty that was vouchsafed there, awaiting the right time to be born.
“Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this night without sin.
Blessed are You, O Lord, the God of our fathers,
and praised and glorified is Your Name for ever. Amen.”
Vouchsafe, O Lord are the first words of a prayer from the Vespers service of the Orthodox Church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vouchsafe,_O_Lord
Excellent!....A++!...................
I second that emotion!.........A++!.................
The best lessons are the hardest to learn................A+++!..................
I knew that this word would occur in many famous, primarily 19th century English, literary works...................
She’s been chastised, so Hill doth vouchsafe
“Prithee, sorry, my words make you chafe”
She claimed female Trump voters
Were puppets, mere doters
Her assault-mouth continued to strafe
Verily, Thou hast spoken truthfully...................A++++!................
Huma vouchsafed her insurance policy on the laptop she shared with her husband, forgetting for the moment that he was an incurable pervert.
It will prove to be her downfall................A+++!............
Nicely done. The treasures of childhood are the lessons learned at our noble father’s feet. Pity the child who lacks a man of courage in the home.
He vouchsafes his children from the world’s sin.
Hillary moved to vouchsafe Bill
In every way that she was able-
Despite his romps with Monica
And the other mares in his stable
She stood by her man in public
Not hiding how much it burned-
Now she is coming under fire-
Will her big favor be returned?
Will Bill defend all her remarks-
Women voting as their men rule
Or will he let her crash and burn
As he sits back, keeping his cool?
Bill is a cuckold.......................A++++!.................
Thank you!
I can believe that Bill is just staying out of the way while Hillary goes further into lunatic territory with every speech she gives-just imagine what she is like in private-he is probably just biding his time until she goes over the edge-maybe he’ll have her held at an undisclosed location indefinitely while he starts to enjoy his life...
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