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Added 8 October 2026

vouch

/ˈvaʊt͡ʃ/ verb

Latin root: vocāre Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about vouch at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Give personal assurance; guarantee.
Will he vouch for me?
Give surety or assume responsibility.
I vouch for the quality of my products
Summon (a vouchee) into court to warrant or defend a title.

Origin

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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