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Rescript :: Rescript (v. t.) The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree..

Deny :: Deny (v. i.) To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

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..

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

Ae :: Ae () A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally replaced by a, the long / by e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E..

Loki :: Loki (n.) The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the African of the Persians..

Catechismal :: Catechismal (a.) Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechetical..

Reanswer :: Reanswer (v. t. & i.) To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for.

Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer..

Avail :: Avail (v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease..

Arraignment :: Arraignment (n.) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint..

Contraremonstrant :: Contraremonstrant (n.) One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstrant.

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..

Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to..

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

Unanswered :: Unanswered (a.) Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument..

Ante- :: Ante- () A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf. Answer, Along), G. ant-, ent- (in comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr. 'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of..

Rebutter :: Rebutter (n.) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

Imparlance :: Imparlance (n.) Time given to a party to talk or converse with his opponent, originally with the object of effecting, if possible, an amicable adjustment of the suit. The actual object, however, has long been merely to obtain further time to plead, or answer to the allegations of the opposite party..

Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4..

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