vouch

VOUCH

confirmare aliquid: fidem facere alicui rei. Vid: ASSURE.

vouch:

A. Trans.:

I. To call to witness:

1. testor, 1: I v. all gods and men, ego omnes homines deosque t., Cic. Caecin. 29, 83.

2. obtestor, 1: v. TO WITNESS.

II. To attest, warrant, confirm:

1. testor, 1: what plain does not v. our impious conflict? quis non campus impia proelia t.? Hor. Od. 2, 1, 31.

2. testĭfĭcor, 1: you v. what I said or wrote, t. quid dixerim aut scripserim, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33: v. TO ATTEST.

3. confirmo, 1: all of whom v. the truth of this circumstance of Dion's money, quorum omnium testimoniis de hac Dionis pecunia confirmatum est, Cic. Verr. 2, 8, 23.

4. affirmo, 1 (to corroborate): v.ing the truth of the deserters' reports, transfugarum dicta a., Liv. 28, 2, ad init.

5. fĭdem facio, fēci, factum, 3: (these things) v. the fact of the Iberi having migrated, f. faciunt Iberos trajecisse, Tac. Agr. 11: v. TO PROVE.

6. may be expr. by spondeo, 2: v. TO PLEDGE, ENGAGE, PROMISE.

7. praesto, 1 (to warrant, be responsible for): v. TO WARRANT.

B. Intrans.: to bear witness: testĭfĭcor, 1: v. TO TESTIFY, WITNESS.