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Vouch

To call; to summon.

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Verb group 10

Assure 84% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Assure 84% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ensure 84% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ensure 84% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Guarantee 84% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Guarantee 84% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Insure 84% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Insure 84% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Secure 84% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Secure 84% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Affirm 76% connected

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

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Attest 76% connected

To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Confirm 76% connected

To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

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Corroborate 76% connected

To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

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Pledge 76% connected

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plight 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Substantiate 76% connected

To make to exist; to make real.

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Summon 76% connected

To call, bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.

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Summons 76% connected

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Testify 76% connected

To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Bail 76% connected

A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

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Secure 76% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Stipulate 76% connected

Furnished with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.

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Derivationally related 4

Verifier 74% connected

One who, or that which, verifies.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Verifier 74% connected

One who, or that which, verifies.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vouchee 74% connected

The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vouchee 74% connected

The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery.

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Synonym 1

Guarantee 92% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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