"answeren" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈan(d)ˌswɛːrən/, /ˈan(d)ˌswæːrən/, /ˈan(d)ˌswaːrən/
Etymology: From Old English andswerian (from Proto-Germanic *andaswarjaną) and Old English andswarian (from Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną); equivalent to and- + swaren or answere + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|enm|ang|andswerian}} Old English andswerian, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*andaswarjaną}} Proto-Germanic *andaswarjaną, {{inh|enm|ang|andswarian}} Old English andswarian, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*andaswarōną}} Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną, {{af|enm|and-|swaren}} and- + swaren, {{af|enm|answere|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} answere + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} answeren, {{enm-verb|stem=answer}} answeren (third-person singular simple present answereth, present participle answerende, answerynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle answered) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|answer|c2=de}} Forms: answereth [present, singular, third-person], answerende [participle, present], answerynge [participle, present], answered [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], weak [table-tags], answeren [infinitive], to answeren [infinitive], answere [infinitive], answere [first-person, present, singular], answered [first-person, past, singular], answerde [first-person, past, singular], answerest [present, second-person, singular], answeredest [past, second-person, singular], answerdest [past, second-person, singular], answereth [present, singular, third-person], answered [past, singular, third-person], answerde [past, singular, third-person], answere [present, singular, subjunctive], answered [past, singular, subjunctive], answerde [past, singular, subjunctive], answere [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], answeren [plural, present], answere [plural, present], answereden [past, plural], answerede [past, plural], answerden [past, plural], answerde [past, plural], answereth [imperative, plural, present], answere [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], answerynge [participle, present], answerende [participle, present], answered [participle, past], answerd [participle, past], yanswered [participle, past], yanswerd [participle, past]
  1. To answer or respond; to offer a response:
    (especially law) To provide an explanation; to justify or refute.
    Tags: especially Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-answeren-enm-verb-WX8ESYPl Topics: law
  2. To answer or respond; to offer a response:
    (religion) To explain oneself at the Last Judgement.
    Categories (topical): Religion, Agriculture, Law, Talking
    Sense id: en-answeren-enm-verb-NrCQ4jXZ Disambiguation of Agriculture: 3 64 9 3 3 3 1 9 4 Disambiguation of Law: 13 34 6 6 13 9 0 2 16 Disambiguation of Talking: 4 54 9 4 7 7 3 9 4 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms prefixed with and-, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 73 9 2 3 2 1 7 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 74 8 2 3 2 1 6 2 Disambiguation of Middle English terms prefixed with and-: 1 77 9 1 1 1 1 7 2 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 1 77 9 1 1 1 1 7 2 Topics: lifestyle, religion
  3. To answer or respond; to offer a response:
    (rare) To respond to a request for assistance.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-answeren-enm-verb-mW30VZTu
  4. To answer or respond; to offer a response:
    (rare) To provide one's choice as a response.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-answeren-enm-verb-p3Up4emr
  5. To be responsible for (a task, another person):
    (religion) To be liable for; to suffer for.
    Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-answeren-enm-verb-Z-uMnH0V Topics: lifestyle, religion
  6. To be responsible for (a task, another person):
    (rare) To be required to appear.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-answeren-enm-verb-FaOGcvmj
  7. To match or correspond to (in number or nature)
    Sense id: en-answeren-enm-verb-b7rYIMhD
  8. (rare, of crops) To net; to provide sustenance. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-answeren-enm-verb-TBx6oezF
  9. (rare) To pay a tariff or fee on goods. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Taxation
    Sense id: en-answeren-enm-verb-XjNvgJau Disambiguation of Taxation: 9 23 5 5 9 6 0 2 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mysansweren

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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  "senses": [
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "enm:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "To provide an explanation; to justify or refute."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "respond",
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        [
          "response",
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        [
          "law",
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        [
          "explanation",
          "explanation"
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        [
          "justify",
          "justify"
        ],
        [
          "refute",
          "refute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "(especially law) To provide an explanation; to justify or refute."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "enm:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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          "_dis": "2 73 9 2 3 2 1 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "1 77 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "1 77 9 1 1 1 1 7 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "3 64 9 3 3 3 1 9 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Agriculture",
          "orig": "enm:Agriculture",
          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "13 34 6 6 13 9 0 2 16",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Law",
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          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 54 9 4 7 7 3 9 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "enm:Talking",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "To explain oneself at the Last Judgement."
      ],
      "id": "en-answeren-enm-verb-NrCQ4jXZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "respond",
          "respond"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "explain",
          "explain"
        ],
        [
          "Last Judgement",
          "Last Judgement"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "(religion) To explain oneself at the Last Judgement."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "To respond to a request for assistance."
      ],
      "id": "en-answeren-enm-verb-mW30VZTu",
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "respond",
          "respond"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
        ],
        [
          "assistance",
          "assistance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "(rare) To respond to a request for assistance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "To provide one's choice as a response."
      ],
      "id": "en-answeren-enm-verb-p3Up4emr",
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "respond",
          "respond"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "(rare) To provide one's choice as a response."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "enm:Religion",
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            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be responsible for (a task, another person):",
        "To be liable for; to suffer for."
      ],
      "id": "en-answeren-enm-verb-Z-uMnH0V",
      "links": [
        [
          "responsible",
          "responsible"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task#English"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "liable",
          "liable"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To be responsible for (a task, another person):",
        "(religion) To be liable for; to suffer for."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To be responsible for (a task, another person):",
        "To be required to appear."
      ],
      "id": "en-answeren-enm-verb-FaOGcvmj",
      "links": [
        [
          "responsible",
          "responsible"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task#English"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ],
        [
          "required",
          "required"
        ],
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To be responsible for (a task, another person):",
        "(rare) To be required to appear."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To match or correspond to (in number or nature)"
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      "id": "en-answeren-enm-verb-b7rYIMhD",
      "links": [
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ],
        [
          "correspond",
          "correspond"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number#English"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To net; to provide sustenance."
      ],
      "id": "en-answeren-enm-verb-TBx6oezF",
      "links": [
        [
          "net",
          "net"
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        [
          "sustenance",
          "sustenance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, of crops) To net; to provide sustenance."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of crops"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 23 5 5 9 6 0 2 43",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Taxation",
          "orig": "enm:Taxation",
          "parents": [
            "Government",
            "Law",
            "Money",
            "Politics",
            "Society",
            "Justice",
            "Business",
            "All topics",
            "Economics",
            "Fundamental",
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay a tariff or fee on goods."
      ],
      "id": "en-answeren-enm-verb-XjNvgJau",
      "links": [
        [
          "tariff",
          "tariff"
        ],
        [
          "fee",
          "fee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To pay a tariff or fee on goods."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈan(d)ˌswɛːrən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈan(d)ˌswæːrən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈan(d)ˌswaːrən/"
    }
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    },
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      "word": "ansuerie"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unswere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "andswaren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "andswerien"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "andsweriȝen"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "anndswerenn"
    },
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      "word": "ondswerie"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
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        "Early-Middle-English"
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    }
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}
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    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms prefixed with and-",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle English verbs",
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    "enm:Law",
    "enm:Talking",
    "enm:Taxation"
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        "singular"
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        "past",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "singular",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "answere",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "answereden",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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      "form": "answerede",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "present"
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        "present"
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      "form": "answered",
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        "past"
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "yanswerd",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
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        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "To provide an explanation; to justify or refute."
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          "answer",
          "answer"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "(especially law) To provide an explanation; to justify or refute."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially"
      ],
      "topics": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      "glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "To explain oneself at the Last Judgement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "respond",
          "respond"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
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        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
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          "explain"
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          "Last Judgement"
        ]
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        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "(religion) To explain oneself at the Last Judgement."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "To respond to a request for assistance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "respond",
          "respond"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
        ],
        [
          "assistance",
          "assistance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "(rare) To respond to a request for assistance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "To provide one's choice as a response."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "respond",
          "respond"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
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          "choice",
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        "To answer or respond; to offer a response:",
        "(rare) To provide one's choice as a response."
      ],
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        "rare"
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "To be responsible for (a task, another person):",
        "To be liable for; to suffer for."
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          "responsible",
          "responsible"
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        [
          "task",
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        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
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        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
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          "liable"
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          "suffer"
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        "To be responsible for (a task, another person):",
        "(religion) To be liable for; to suffer for."
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
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        "To be responsible for (a task, another person):",
        "To be required to appear."
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          "responsible"
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          "task",
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          "required",
          "required"
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          "appear",
          "appear"
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        "To be responsible for (a task, another person):",
        "(rare) To be required to appear."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To match or correspond to (in number or nature)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "match",
          "match"
        ],
        [
          "correspond",
          "correspond"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number#English"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To net; to provide sustenance."
      ],
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        [
          "net",
          "net"
        ],
        [
          "sustenance",
          "sustenance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, of crops) To net; to provide sustenance."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of crops"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pay a tariff or fee on goods."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tariff",
          "tariff"
        ],
        [
          "fee",
          "fee"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To pay a tariff or fee on goods."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈan(d)ˌswɛːrən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈan(d)ˌswæːrən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈan(d)ˌswaːrən/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "ansswer"
    },
    {
      "word": "ansuerie"
    },
    {
      "word": "answaren"
    },
    {
      "word": "answer"
    },
    {
      "word": "answere"
    },
    {
      "word": "answerye"
    },
    {
      "word": "onsware"
    },
    {
      "word": "onswere"
    },
    {
      "word": "ounsweren"
    },
    {
      "word": "unswere"
    },
    {
      "word": "andswaren"
    },
    {
      "word": "andswerien"
    },
    {
      "word": "andsweriȝen"
    },
    {
      "word": "anndswerenn"
    },
    {
      "word": "ondswerie"
    },
    {
      "word": "onswerie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "onswerien"
    }
  ],
  "word": "answeren"
}

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