vouch

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Verb

1. (transitive) To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
2. (transitive) To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
3. (transitive) To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
4. (transitive) To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
5. (transitive) To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
6. (archaic, transitive) Synonym of vouchsafe (“to condescendingly or graciously give or grant (something)”).
7. (archaic, obsolete, transitive) To assert, aver, or declare (something).
8. (transitive) In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.
9. (transitive) Followed by over: of a vouchee (a person summoned to court to establish a warranty of title): to summon (someone) to court in their place.
10. (obsolete, transitive) To guarantee legal title (to something).
11. (intransitive) Often followed by for.
12. (intransitive) Often followed by for.
13. (intransitive) Often followed by for.

Noun

An assertion, a declaration; also, a formal attestation or warrant of the correctness or truth of something.

Έννοιες

εγγυώμαι

επιβεβαιώ

προσκαλώ

καλώ

εγγυούμαι

μαρτυρώ

φωνάζω

Συνώνυμα

guarantee

certify

warrant

witness

testify

avouch

attest

affirm

back

🔙

bear witness of

prove

underwrite

ensure

document

corroborate

verify

confirm

substantiate

pledge

demonstrate

assure

insure

cement

consolidate

convince

cover

establish

evidence

execute

exercise

fortify

fulfil

intensify

keep

meet

observe

perform

persuade

play

plight

promise

protect

protest

ratify

reassure

reconfirm

reinforce

safeguard

secure

sell

Μεταφράσεις

bezeugen

bürgen

attester

verbürgen

atestiguar

beteuern

assurer

getuigen

bestätigen

belegen

testimoniar

atestar

erweisen

Zeugnis ablegen

beweisen

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈvaʊt͡ʃ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: vouchen

In summary

The verb is derived from Middle English vouchen (“to call, summon; to provide; to make available, proffer; to affirm, declare formally”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vocher, voucher, woucher, and Old French vocher, voucher, vochier (“to call, summon; to claim; to call upon, invoke; to denounce”) [and other forms], from Vulgar Latin *vocicāre, derived from Latin vocāre (“to call, summon; to call upon, invoke; to designate, name; to bring or put (into a condition or state”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to sound out; to speak”).
Verb sense 8.1 (“to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land”) in the form vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty is a calque from Anglo-Norman and Old French voucher a garant.
The noun is derived from the verb.