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vb. (en-pastanswer for)
Usage examples of "answered for".
Morgan answered for himself, his obvious confidence in dealing with the Council reassuring a rather gray Bowman.
There was a ripping of the air about me as the white vein struck on that psychic shield of mine, which now I did not even have to bother with but which answered for me instantly.
The kings and queens and princes of Britain answered for the people and lands they represented, until every kingdom had been accounted for—.
President Lendan answered for her, voice filled with rust and pride.
A line of boulders reaching diagonally across the stream answered for a dam, by diverting a portion of the volume of water to a channel at the side, where it moved a clumsily constructed wheel, that turned two small stones, not larger than good-sized grindstones.