English edit

Etymology edit

From with- +‎ save.

Verb edit

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.