withsave

English

Etymology

From with- +‎ save.

Verb

withsave (third-person singular simple present withsaves, present participle withsaving, simple past and past participle withsaved)

  1. (transitive) To assure.
    • 1831, Thomas Wyatt, The poetical works:
      And few there is but first or last, A time in love once shall they have; And glad I am my time is past, Henceforth my freedom to withsave.
    • 1871, Extra series:
      " […] For unto them only are his heavenly verities known, to whom he withsaveth to open them."
  2. (intransitive) To vouchsafe; deign.
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