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Webster 1913 Edition

Correspondent

Corˊre-spond′ent

(-ent)
,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
correspondant
.]
Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.
Action
correspondent
or repugnant unto the law.
Hooker.
As fast the
correspondent
passions rise.
Thomson.
I will be
correspondent
to command.
Shakespeare

Corˊre-spond′ent

,
Noun.
1.
One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter.
Macaulay.
2.
One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.
3.
(Com.)
One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.

Webster 1828 Edition

Correspondent

CORRESPONDENT

,
Adj.
Suitable; fit; congruous; agreeable; answerable; adapted. Let behavior be correspondent to profession, and both be correspondent to good morals.

CORRESPONDENT

,
Noun.
One who corresponds; one with whom an intercourse is carried on by letters or messages. When A is the correspondent of B, B is the correspondent of A.

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