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Webster 1913 Edition


Corresponsive

Corˊre-spon′sive

(-r?-sp?n′s?v)
,
Adj.
Corresponding; conformable; adapted.
Shak.
Corˊre-spon′sive-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Corresponsive

CORRESPONSIVE

,
Adj.
Answerable; adapted.

Definition 2024


corresponsive

corresponsive

English

Adjective

corresponsive (comparative more corresponsive, superlative most corresponsive)

  1. corresponding; equivalent or similar in character.
    • 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, prologue:
      Now on Dardan plains / The fresh and yet unbruised Greeks do pitch / Their brave pavilions: Priam's six-gated city, / Dardan, and Tymbria, Helias, Chetas, Troien, / And Antenorides, with massy staples / And corresponsive and fulfilling bolts, / Sperr up the sons of Troy.

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Derived terms

  • corresponsive conjunction