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Etymology 1

From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) +‎ -swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h?ent- (“front,forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge." The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andswara- (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andsw?r (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).

Noun

answer (plural answers)

1. A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
2. A solution to a problem.
3. (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

Etymology 2

From Middle English answeren, andswaren, answerien, from Old English andswarian, answarien (“to answer, to respond, to deny an allegation under oath”), from Proto-Germanic *andaswar?n?, *andaswarjan? (“to answer, to give a response, to rebut”), from *anda- (“against”) +‎ *swarjan?, *swar?n? (“to swear an oath, to answer, to respond”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to swear”) and *h?ent- (“face, forehead”), equivalent to and- (“against, back”) +‎ swear. Cognate with Old Frisian ondswera (“to answer”), Danish ansvare (“to answer, account for”), Swedish ansvara (“to answer, account for”), Icelandic andsvara (“to answer, reply”).

Verb

answer (third-person singular simple present answers, present participle answering, simple past and past participle answered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
2. (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
5. To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
6. (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
7. To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
8. To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
9. To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
10. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
11. To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
12. (obsolete) To render account to or for.
13. (obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
14. (obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.

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