Definition of answer

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Answer (v. i.) To be opposite, or to act in opposition..

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Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..
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..
Metaphrase :: Metaphrase (n.) An answering phrase; repartee.
Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.
Praenomen :: Praenomen (n.) The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc..
Reply :: Reply (v. i.) To answer a defendant's plea.
Defendant :: Defendant (n.) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.
Provost :: Provost (n.) A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches..
Arquebuse :: Arquebuse (n.) A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention..
Futile :: Futile (v. t.) Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of..
Conundrum :: Conundrum (n.) A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.
Answer :: Answer (n.) To atone; to be punished for.
Sponged :: Sponge (n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) A summons to answer to a charge.
Justification :: Justification (n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
Echo :: Echo (n.) Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
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..
Unanswerable :: Unanswerable (a.) Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he have an unanswerable argument..
Responsory :: Responsory (n.) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service..
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