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ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root as swear) , originally a See also:

SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn assertion in opposition to some one or something, and thus generally any See also:

COUNTER

counter-statement or See also:

defence, a reply to a question or objection, or a correct See also:

SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of a problem. In See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

law, the " answer " in pleadings was, previous to the Judicature Acts 1873-1875, the statement of defence, especially as regards the facts and not the law. Its See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is now taken by a " statement of defence." " Answer " is the See also:

TERM

term still applied in See also:

DIVORCE

divorce proceedings to the reply of the See also:

RESPONDENT (from Lat. respondere, to answer)

respondent (see See also:

PLEADING (Fr. plaider, plaidoyer)

PLEADING). The famous Latin ResponsaPrudentum (" answers of the learned") were the accumulated views of many successive generations of See also:

ROMAN

Roman lawyers, a See also:

BODY

body of legal See also:

OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion which gradually became authoritative. In See also:

MUSIC

music a n " answer " is the technical name in See also:

COUNTERPOINT (Lat. contrapunctus, " point counter point," " note against note ")

counterpoint for the repetition by one See also:

PART

part or See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument of a theme proposed by another.

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