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▪ I. answering, vbl. n.|ˈɑːnsərɪŋ, æ-|
[f. answer v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of replying or responding to a charge, inquiry, argument, etc.; answer, reply.
1375Barbour Bruce iv. 235 Thai mak ay thair ansuering In-till dowbill vndirstanding. c1450Lonelich Grail xix. 168 Of al thing he ȝaf hem answeringe. 1579Fulke Heskins's Parl. 374 As for Damascenes authoritie..it is not worth the aunswering. Mod. His answering in the examination was excellent.
†2. The action of meeting a liability. Obs. rare.
1658Cromwell Sp. 25 Jan. (Carl.) Let God move your hearts for the answering of anything that shall be due unto the nation.
†3. Correspondency, adaptation. Obs. rare.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 2 The answerings or analogies of beings, have been hitherto but ill pitcht or adjusted. 1696Phillips, Descant..signifying the answering of quick Notes in one part unto a slower measure in the other.
4. Special Comb. answering machine, a machine which answers incoming telephone calls by repeating a pre-recorded message to the caller (and by recording a message left by the caller for subsequent audio playback); answering service, an agency that receives and answers telephone calls for its clients.
1961Daily Mail 25 July 1/3 The quarterly rent for a coin box is to go up from 11s 3d to {pstlg}1, but for an *answering machine it will go down from {pstlg}10 to {pstlg}8. 1985New Yorker 18 Mar. 46/3 Then Kate remembers that she has to change the message on the answering machine.
1941L. G. Blochman See you at Morgue (1946) xiv. 95, I was using the telephone *answering service. 1961S. Price Just for Record i. 13 The phone hasn't rung all day because I've switched over to the answering service. 1984Listener 1 Nov. 2/3 BT runs..radio phones and pagers, answering services, and recently has even gone into manufacturing its own slimphones.
▪ II. ˈanswering, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. Making, giving, or constituting a reply or response.
1533Frith (title) A Book..answering to M. More's Letter. 1727Pope Dunc. iv. 437 And answering gin-shops sourer sighs return. 1801Southey Thalaba v. xliii, In awe the youth received the answering voice. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 386 The boats which covered the Thames gave an answering cheer.
2. Corresponding, correspondent (to).
1801Southey Thalaba xii. xxvii, Where the sceptre in the Idol's hand Touch'd the Round Altar, in its answering realm, Earth felt the stroke. 1845Trench Huls. Lect. ii. v. 223 The world's expectation..has an answering fact. 1857Buckle Civilis. I. ix. 569 The French have never had anything answering to our yeomanry. |