Vocabulary Word
Word: vouch
Definition: give a personal guarantee; Ex. I can vouch for his integrity; N. voucher
Definition: give a personal guarantee; Ex. I can vouch for his integrity; N. voucher
Sentences Containing 'vouch'
I had no power to utter a cry, nor, I think, did he give me time to utter one, as he immediately approached me, and taking me in his arms (for, overwhelmed as I was, I was powerless, I say, to help myself), he began to make such professions to me that I know not how falsehood could have had the power of dressing them up to seem so like truth; and the traitor contrived that his tears should vouch for his words, and his sighs for his sincerity.
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