Answer definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary 'ANSWER, v.t. ansur. 1. To speak in return to a ... fulfill, pay or satisfy; as, he answered my order; to answer a debt. 4. To act in return, or opposition; as ... equal or adequate; to suit; as, a weapon does not answer the size and strength of the man using it; the success does not answer our expectation. 6. To perform what was intended; to accomplish; as, the measure does not answer its end; it does not answer the purpose. 7. ...
... or send to. See apply, Employ and Ply.] 1. To answer; to make a return in words or writing to something ... that repliest against God? Romans 9. 2. In law, to answer a defendant's plea. The defendant pleads in bar to ... plea in bar. REPLY', v.t. To return for an answer. He knows not what to reply. REPLY', n. 1. An answer; that which is said or written in answer to what is said or written by another. 2. A book or pamphlet written in answer to another. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: ...
... sent to. Hence respondeo is to send back.] 1. To answer; to reply. A new affliction strings a new chord in ... is held to respond in damages. RESPOND', v.t. To answer; to satisfy by payment. The surety was held to respond ... not to proceed till the anthem is ended. 2. An answer. [Not in use.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1 ... react, respond] 2: react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [syn: answer, reply, respond] 3: respond favorably or as hoped; "The ...
answer back definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If someone, especially a ... PHRASAL VERB: V P, V n P Moby Thesaurus acknowledge, answer, come back, come back at, echo, flash back, give acknowledgment, give answer, lip, provoke, react, reecho, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return, return answer, return for answer, reverberate, riposte, sass, sauce, say, say in reply, shoot back ...
answer for definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: furnish ... I can't account for the missing money" [syn: account, answer for] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it. He must be made to answer for his terrible crimes. PHRASAL VERB: V P n 2. If you say that someone has a lot to answer for, you are saying that their actions have led to ...
To con answer definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Con Con, v. t. [imp ... come into Parliament to con my lesson. --Burke. To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs ...
... return from bondage to a state of freedom. 3. To answer. He said, and thus the queen of heaven return'd ... 4. To give back in reply; as, to return an answer. 5. To tell, relate or communicate. And Moses returned the ... her love" 7: make a return; "return a kickback" 8: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin] 9 ... reciprocation < a return on their years of hard work > b. answer, retort 7. an answering play: as a. a lead in ... 7 tr. state or mention or describe officially, esp. in answer to a writ or formal demand. 8 tr. (of an ... approach of even or morn. --Milton. 3. To speak in answer; to reply; to respond. He said, and thus the ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary REJOIND'ER, n. 1. An answer to a reply; or in general, an answer. 2. In law pleadings, the defendants's answer to the plantif's replication. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... from rejoinder, verb Date: 15th century 1. the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication 2. reply; specifically an answer to a reply Synonyms: see answer Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 what is said in ...
... s 1828 Dictionary RESPONSE, n. respons'. [L. responsum.] 1. An answer or reply; particularly, an oracular answer. 2. The answer of the people or congregation to the priest, in the ... or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" [syn: answer, reply, response] 4: the manner in which something is greeted ... or detecting device resulting from a given input Synonyms: see answer Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 an answer given in ...
... 2. To meet one again. REJOIN', v.i. 1. To answer to a reply. 2. In law pleadings, to answer, as the defendant to the plantif's replication. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: join again 2: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin] Merriam ... join — more at join Date: 15th century intransitive verb to answer the replication of the plaintiff transitive verb 1. to join ... a companion etc.) again. 2. v. 1 tr. say in answer, retort. 2 intr. Law reply to a charge or pleading ... s 1913 Dictionary Rejoin Re*join", v. i. 1. To answer to a reply. 2. (Law) To answer, as the ...
... where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat v 1: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin] Merriam ... a reply to b. to say in reply 3. to answer (as an argument) by a counter argument intransitive verb 1. to answer back usually sharply 2. to return an argument or charge ... back or counters the first speaker's words Synonyms: see answer III. noun Etymology: Middle French retorte, from Medieval Latin retorta ... the substances which are to be acted upon. Syn: Repartee; answer. Usage: Retort, Repartee. A retort is a short and pointed ... smart or witty reply. Moby Thesaurus acknowledge, acknowledgment, aerosol, alembic, answer, answer back, answering, antiphon, anvil, aphorism, apothegm, atomizer, back ...
... Dictionary REPLICA'TION, n. [L. replicatio. See Reply.] 1. An answer; a reply. Particularly, 2. In law pleadings, the reply of ... a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer 5: the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of ... replication" Merriam Webster's noun Date: 14th century 1. a. answer, reply b. (1) an answer to a reply ; rejoinder (2) a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea, answer, or counterclaim 2. echo, reverberation 3. a. copy, reproduction b ... 1 a reply or response, esp. a reply to an answer. 2 Law the plaintiff's reply to the defendant' ...