corresponsive

adj — 3 senses

corresponsive

adj

Etymology Formed as: correspons- (perfect passive participial stem of the Medieval Latin correspondeō) + -ive; compare responsive.

1

jointly or mutually responsive: exchanging

2

responsive to stimulus: responding, answering

3

equivalent or similar in character: corresponding

  • 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.1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, prologue:
Derived terms
corresponsive conjunction
Related terms
corresponsively

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