3. 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.

4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

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