Vouchsafe
To vouchsafe is to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension.
King Ahasuerus (aka Xerxes), king of Persia, vouchsafed up to half of his kingdom to his wife Esther.
Then the king said to her, "What is troubling you, Queen Esther? And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be given to you." (Esther 5:3, NASB)
Note: This oil on canvas, Esther before Ahasuerus by Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734), hangs in the National Gallery in London.
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