Meaning & use

Vouches

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Confirms or guarantees, based on personal knowledge or experience, that someone or something is reliable, true, or of good character.

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My former employer vouches for my work ethic whenever I apply for a new job.

She vouches that the information in the report is accurate.

A note on using this word

"Vouches" is the third-person singular form of "vouch," from Old French "vocher," meaning to summon or call upon, originally used in a legal sense of calling someone to warrant a claim.

Words with a similar meaning

guaranteesconfirmsattests

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Words with an opposite meaning

disputesdiscredits

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