Capable of being answered; admitting of a satisfactory reply.
Liable to give an account or to be called to account; responsible; amenable: as, an agent is answerable to his principal.
Correspondent; similar; agreeing; in conformity; suitable; proportionate; correlative; equal.
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adj. capable of being answered
adj. morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
Word Usage
"Lowth's translation, "He was made answerable," is hardly admitted by the Hebrew. opened not ... mouth -- Jer 11: 19; and David in Ps 38: 13, 14; 39: 9, prefiguring Messiah (Mt 26: 63; 27: 12, 14; 1Pe 2: 23)."