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.
   • a. 1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott” in the Devonshire Manuscript, folio 51 verso:

     And few there ys but fyrſt or laſt
     a tyme in loue ones ſhall they haue
     & glad I am my tyme ys paſt
     henceforthe my fredome to wͭſaue

     1831 translation:

     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.