answeren

Middle English

/ˈan(d)ˌswɛːrən/

verb
Definitions
  • To answer or respond; to offer a response:
  • To be held to account or answerable for one's actions.
  • To match, be equivalent or fit in number; to be of the same number as something else.
  • To match, be equivalent or fit in kind; to be fitting or proper.
  • To be opposite or against; to oppose or counteract its opposite.
  • (rare) To net; to provide livelihood or sustenance.
  • (rare) To help, assist or aid i.e. to answer a plea for aid
  • (rare) To accept responsibility or culpability for another.
  • (rare) To be responsible for legal defense of oneself.
  • (rare) To pay a tariff or fee on goods.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English andswerian inherited from Proto-Germanic *andaswarjaną (answer) inherited from Old English andswarian inherited from Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną (answer) affix from Middle English swaren, answere.

Origin

Middle English

answere

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