Definition of answer

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Answer (n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply..

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Proctor :: Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity..
Answer :: Answer (n.) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay..
Loki :: Loki (n.) The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the African of the Persians..
Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care..
Rejoin :: Rejoin (v. i.) To answer to a reply.
Responsory :: Responsory (a.) Containing or making answer; answering.
Grant :: Grant (v. t.) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give..
Process :: Process (n.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial..
Remediless :: Remediless (a.) Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual.
Unanswerable :: Unanswerable (a.) Not answerable; irrefutable; conclusive; decisive; as, he have an unanswerable argument..
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..
Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response..
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..
Oracle :: Oracle (n.) Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given..
Rowel :: Rowel (n.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery..
Metaphrase :: Metaphrase (n.) An answering phrase; repartee.
Unanswered :: Unanswered (a.) Not refuted; as, an unanswered argument..
Surety :: Surety (n.) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail..
Defendant :: Defendant (n.) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff.
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..
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