Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
answer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective replying
Etymologies
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Examples
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"That is what you call answering, avowing that there is nothing to answer."
En Route 1877
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"More liberties," Janet indignantly declared, and after the first visitation or two she resolutely set her face against what she called the answering of impertinent questions.
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Something must have passed between the two which satisfied the writer that the bishop acknowledged his own sovereign under some title answering to Prester John.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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I am so sorry for the delay in answering, I thought I answered you right away, but I must have hit the wrong button and lost the response in cyberspace.
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Also, in answering your other question, I think to contact him you should write an honest-to-god letter and send it via snail mail.
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The opening weekend is only the first step, but it's a vital one in answering these questions.
Weighing The ‘Avatar’ Weekend Box Office Possibilities » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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So the question those experienced pilots should be answering, is how hard is it to hit a big building at all?
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Thank you as well for your patience and kindness in answering questions that have probably been asked on previous occasions. lsvgspepe
Page 2 2009
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Thank you as well for your patience and kindness in answering questions that have probably been asked on previous occasions. lsvgspepe
Page 2 2009
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I was reading an essay of Saleeby's the other day, and the best Saleeby could say was that Herbert Spencer NEARLY succeeded in answering Berkeley.
Chapter 36 2010
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