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aunswer

aunswer is the obsolete form of answer.

Meaning of answer

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
    • She answers him as if she knew his mind:1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
    • to answer a charge or accusation
  3. (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
    • She answered the door.
  4. (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
    • It answers the need.
  5. To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
    • The man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care.
    Synonyms:
    answer for
  6. To file a document in response to a complaint.

See all 18 meanings of answer

Forms of aunswer

third-person singular presentaunswers
third-person singular presentaunswerth
present participleaunswering
past participleaunswered
pastaunswered
past participleaunswerd
pastaunswerd

Words formed from aunswer

Questions about aunswer

What is aunswer the obsolete form of?
Aunswer is the obsolete form of answer.

Words near aunswer in the dictionary

  1. Aungst
  2. Aungsts
  3. aunicornist
  4. aunicornists
  5. Aunjetitz
  6. aunswer
  7. aunswerable
  8. aunswerd
  9. aunswere
  10. aunswered
  11. aunswereth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aunswer (page history and authors); answer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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