[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

answer \an"swer\ a^n"s~er, v. t. imp.  p. p. answered
   a^n"s~erd; p. pr.  vb. n. answering. oe.
   andswerien, as. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr.
   andswaru, n., answer. see answer, n.
   1. to speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as,
      to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
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   2. to speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or
      question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the
      like; to reply to a question, remark, etc.; to respond
      to.
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            she answers him as if she knew his mind. --shak.
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            so spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . .
            and him thus answered soon his bold compeer.
                                                  --milton.
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   3. to respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way
      of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like;
      to refute.
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            no man was able to answer him a word. --matt. xxii.
                                                  46.
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            these shifts refuted, answer thine appellant.
                                                  --milton.
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            the reasoning was not and could not be answered.
                                                  --macaulay.
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   4. to be or act in return or response to. hence:
      a to be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or
          satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as,
          he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered
          the bell.
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                this proud king . . . studies day and night
                to answer all the debts he owes unto you.
                                                  --shak.
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      b to render account to or for.
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                i will . . . send him to answer thee. --shak.
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      c to atone; to be punished for.
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                and grievously hath caezar answered it.
                                                  --shak.
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      d to be opposite to; to face.
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                the windows answering each other, we could just
                discern the glowing horizon them. --gilpin.
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      e to be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or
          sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. r.
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                money answereth all things.       --eccles. x.
                                                  19.
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      f to be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation,
          or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
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                weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they
                answered the bulk of so prodigious a person.
                                                  --swift.
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