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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Correspond \Cor`re*spond"\ (k?r`r?-sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Corresponded}; p. pr & vb n. {Corresponding}.] [Pref. cor- + respond: cf f. correspondre.] 1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts -- followed by with or to as concurring figures correspond with each other throughout. None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type --J. A. Symonds 2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit to answer; -- followed by to Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have but no farther. --Locke. 3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. --Macaulay. Syn: To agree; fit answer; suit; write; address. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: correspond v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check" [syn: {match}, {fit}, {check}, {jibe}, {gibe}, {tally}, {agree}] [ant: {disagree}] 2: be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: {equate}] 3: exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been corresponding for several years" 4: take the place of [syn: {represent}, {stand for}]
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