Reanswer
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To answer again or anew. transitive
"It mingles thoughts on pitching, producing and getting an agent with more light-hearted bits, like reanswering questions sent to the regular Walter Scott column in Parade magazine (in which momentous topics, like the most popular celebrity features demanded by plastic surgery patients in Beverly Hills, are tackled)."
- 2 To repay, compensate, or make amends for.
"Which in weight to reanswer, his pettiness would bow under."
Example
More examples"It mingles thoughts on pitching, producing and getting an agent with more light-hearted bits, like reanswering questions sent to the regular Walter Scott column in Parade magazine (in which momentous topics, like the most popular celebrity features demanded by plastic surgery patients in Beverly Hills, are tackled)."
Etymology
From re- + answer.
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