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Competent :: Competent (a.) Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

Voir Dire :: Voir dire () An oath administered to a witness, usually before being sworn in chief, requiring him to speak the truth, or make true answers in reference to matters inquired of, to ascertain his competency to give evidence..

Reply :: Reply (v. i.) That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response..

Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery..

Answer :: Answer (n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch..

Catechist :: Catechist (n.) One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters..

Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response..

Responsory :: Responsory (a.) Containing or making answer; answering.

Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?.

Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play..

Metaphrase :: Metaphrase (n.) An answering phrase; repartee.

Unanswerability :: Unanswerability (n.) The quality of being unanswerable; unanswerableness.

Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty..

Fit :: Fit (v. t.) To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on..

Irrefragable :: Irrefragable (a.) Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence..

Question :: Question (n.) The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer..

Chisleu :: Chisleu (n.) The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December..

Rhyme :: Rhyme (n.) A word answering in sound to another word.

Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain..

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