plural of answere

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of answere

Obsolete spelling of answer

Obsolete spelling of answer

simple past tense and past participle of answer back

(US, law) A type of objection in which the same attorney continues to ask the same question but has already received an answer.

(nautical, intransitive, said of a ship) To respond to a movement of the helm by changing direction; only happens if the ship has steerageway.

(film) The first graded print of an edited film combining sound and picture, which is created for the client to view and approve; his answer decides when the rest of the copies of the film are printed or not.

A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.

(idiomatic) To reply impertinently; to talk back. / To reply to a question at a later time. / (computing) To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.