Definition of answer

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

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Categorical :: Categorical (a.) Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer..
Calling :: Calling (n.) A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies..
Answer :: Answer (n.) To render account to or for.
Antanagoge :: Antanagoge (n.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge..
Responsibility :: Responsibility (n.) Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
Answerable :: Answerable (a.) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
Unanswered :: Unanswered (a.) Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered affection..
Monition :: Monition (n.) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
Counterpart :: Counterpart (n.) A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile..
Round :: Round (a.) Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath..
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant..
Surrendered :: Surrejoinder (n.) The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
Answer :: Answer (n.) To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute..
Verdict :: Verdict (n.) The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause..
Short :: Short (superl.) Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question..
Oracle :: Oracle (n.) The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle..
Catechetics :: Catechetics (n.) The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers.
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..
Catechetically :: Catechetically (adv.) In a catechetical manner; by question and answer.
Indecisive :: Indecisive (a.) Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer..
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