Answer
- Answer
- Answer An"swer, n. [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against +
swerian to swear. [root]177, 196. See {Anti-}, and {Swear},
and cf. 1st {un-}.]
1. A reply to a charge; a defense.
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At my first answer no man stood with me. --2 Tim.
iv. 16.
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2. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call,
an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.
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A soft answer turneth away wrath. --Prov. xv. 1.
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I called him, but he gave me no answer. --Cant. v.
6.
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3. Something done in return for, or in consequence of,
something else; a responsive action.
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Great the slaughter is
Here made by the Roman; great the answer be
Britons must take. --Shak.
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4. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as,
the answer to a problem.
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5. (Law) A counter-statement of facts in a course of
pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has
alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to
a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to
the complainant's charges in his bill. --Bouvier.
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Syn: Reply; rejoinder; response. See {Reply}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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