English
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(WEAE) IPA|/�æn.s�ɹ.�.bl/
Adjective
en-adj
- Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
#: Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift.
- Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
#: The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson.
- correspondent|Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
#: What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland.
#: This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. --Milton.
- proportionate|Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
Translations
trans-top|obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good
Finnish: tilivelvollinen, vastuullinen
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trans-top|capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer
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trans-top|correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable
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trans-top|proportionate; commensurate; suitable
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sv:answerable
te:answerable
vi:answerable
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