verb · transitive · rare

vouch

vouch · vouches · vouched · vouching

свідчити, засвідчити, завірити

вызывать в суд, давать показания, ручаться, подтверждать

bezeugen, garantieren, versichern, bürgen (with dafür)

To call on to be a witness to somethingTo call on (someone) to be a witness to something.

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/ˈvaʊt͡ʃ/

» I need Tom to vouch for me.

Meaning

13 senses

(transitive)To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
(transitive)To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
(transitive)To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
bezeugen, bürgen (with dafür), einstehen (with dafür)
ручатьсяručatʹsja
(transitive)To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
(transitive)To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
подтвержда́тьpodtverždátʹ
(transitive)In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.
вызыва́ть в судvyzyvátʹ v sud
summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title
(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.
Often followed by for.
(intransitive)To bear witness or testify; to guarantee or sponsor.
I can vouch that he wasn’t at the scene of the crime.
bezeugen
дава́ть показанияdavátʹ pokazanija
(intransitive)To provide evidence or proof.
give supporting evidence
(intransitive)To express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something.
bezeugen
(archaic, transitive)Synonym of vouchsafe (“to condescendingly or graciously give or grant (something)”).
(archaic, obsolete, transitive)To assert, aver, or declare (something).

Examples

54 sentences

I need Tom to vouch for me.
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Tom said that he couldn't vouch for Mary.
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I'm pretty sure that Tom will vouch for me.
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We know Tom well and can vouch for him.
deWir können Tom gut und können uns für ihn verbürgen.
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I know Tom well and can vouch for him.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

to affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement):

to back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof:

to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land:

to bear witness or testify:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement):

Origin

The verb is derived from Middle English vouchen (“to call, summon; to provide; to make ava

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”).

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