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DictionaryvouchPersonal assurance
verb

vouch

VOUCH/vˈaʊtʃ/

Give personal assurance that someone is reliable or something is true.

The trusted colleague vouches for her as the employer offers the cashbox keys.

A trusted reference personally endorses a colleague as an employer considers entrusting her with the keys to a cashbox.
Etymology
vouchOld Frenchto call, summon, assert

Old French vocher meant to call or summon; early English use included summoning someone into court to prove a title. The meaning shifted through supporting a claim with evidence to personally assuring its truth or reliability.

In context

Google Search Central48:23
I'm talking about Google Search specifically. I can't really vouch for the other search engines. So other search engines might have different trade-offs and might not necessarily render all pages.
Search Central Live

More examples

  • I can vouch for his honesty.
  • She vouched for the account's accuracy.
  • They are vouching for the applicant.

Forms

vouch · vouches · vouched · vouching

Similar words

attest
Gives formal testimony that something is true.
guarantee
Makes a stronger promise about an outcome or quality.