Meanings
present singular third person withsaves · participle present withsaving · participle past withsaved · past withsaved
- archaictransitiveTo assure.
[…] For unto them only are his heavenly verities known, to whom he withsaveth to open them.
1871, Extra series1 more example
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.
a. 1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott” in the Devonshire Manuscript, folio 51 verso
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