əˈspɒn adjective
responsive to effort or impulse; answering.
Origin:
1600–10; < Medieval Latin corrēspons(us) (past participle of corrēspondēre to correspond, equivalent to corrēspond- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix) + -ive
1600–10; < Medieval Latin corrēspons(us) (past participle of corrēspondēre to correspond, equivalent to corrēspond- verb stem + -tus past participle suffix) + -ive
Related forms
cor·re·spon·sive·ly, adverb
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