Definition of answering

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Answering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Answe.

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Rescriptive :: Rescriptive (a.) Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining..
Alpha :: Alpha (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning..
Nisan :: Nisan (n.) The first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib..
Globe :: Globe (n.) A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square..
Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law..
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..
Value :: Value (n.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two eighth notes [/]..
Sponged :: Sponge (n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel..
Rowel :: Rowel (n.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery..
Remediless :: Remediless (a.) Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual.
Abbe :: Abbe (n.) The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress..
Corresponding :: Corresponding (a.) Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers..
U :: U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering t
Responsion :: Responsion (n.) The act of answering.
Chisleu :: Chisleu (n.) The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December..
Al- :: Al- (A prefix.) The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry..
Tisri :: Tisri (n.) The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October..
Piracy :: Piracy (n.) Robbery on the high seas; the taking of property from others on the open sea by open violence; without lawful authority, and with intent to steal; -- a crime answering to robbery on land..
Antanagoge :: Antanagoge (n.) A figure which consists in answering the charge of an adversary, by a counter charge..
Useless :: Useless (a.) Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity..
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