answerable ( w silent)

[Eng. answer; -able.] 1. That to which a more or le satisfactory answer can be given. 2. Responsible, liable to be called to account for, liable for. "For the treaty of Dover the king himself is chiefly answerable."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. ii. 3. Correspondent, similar, like. "It was but such a likene as an imperfect gla doth give; answerable enough in some features and colours, but erring in others."-Sidney. 4. Proportionate to, commensurate to or with. and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court."- Exod . xxxviii. 18. 5. Suitable. it was a violent commencement, and thou shalt see an answerable sequestration."-Shakesp.: Othello, i. 3. "If answerable style I can obtain Of my celestial patrone ." Milton. 6. Equal, sufficient to meet. "There be no kings whose means are answerable unto other men's desires."-Raleigh.