withsave
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editwithsave (third-person singular simple present withsaves, present participle withsaving, simple past and past participle withsaved)
- (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.
- And few there ys but fyrſt or laſt
- 1871, Extra series:
- " […] For unto them only are his heavenly verities known, to whom he withsaveth to open them."
- a. 1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott” in the Devonshire Manuscript, folio 51 verso:
- (intransitive) To vouchsafe; deign.