your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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pregnant
6 obsolete : inclined, disposed <your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear — Shakespeare>
[M-W’s Col. Dic.]
Link: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pregnant

vouchsafe
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vouchsafe

‘vouchsafed’ is used as an adjective in that Shakespearean sentence. I think it means ‘granting’ here, ‘your own most inclined and granting ear’.

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No; ‘granted’.

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Thanks, Mr. Micawber. Could you please tell me what it means in general sense?

Here is the context for your convenience:
books.google.com/books?id=h_8NAA … ar&f=false

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My matter hath no voice, lady, but to your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear = I have a secret to tell you, lady, if you’d like to hear it.

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Thanks, Mr Micawber. But I have a few more questions.

‘My matter has no voice’, I can infer its meaning and it exactly means what you have already suggested. But how would this part “but to your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear” mean “if you’d like to hear it”? Please help me to decipher it. Thanks.

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but to your own most inclined and granted ear’ = if you’d like to hear

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I’m sorry for bothering you once again. What does the expression “inclined and granted ear” mean?

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We’ve gone in a circle. You started with that answer in your first post.

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I did. I understand what individual words mean but not clearly as a whole. So please guide.

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OK:

(1) inclined and (2) granted (3) ear = (1) willing and (2) ready to (3) listen

Is that clear?