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vouchsafe
Pronunciation: vauch-'sAf, 'vauch-"
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): vouchsafed; vouchsafing
1 a : to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
b : to give by way of reply
2 : to grant as a privilege or special favor
- vouchsafement /vauch-'sAf-m&nt/ noun

white-knuckle
Pronunciation: 'hwIt-'n&-k&l, 'wIt-
Variant(s): also white-knuckled /-k&ld/
Function: adjective
: showing or causing tense nervousness

anon
Pronunciation: &-'nän
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English on An, from on in + An one -- more at ON, ONE
1 archaic : at once : IMMEDIATELY
2 : SOON, PRESENTLY
3 : after a while : LATER