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cor•re•spon•sive
(kôr′ə spon′siv, kor′-),USA pronunciation adj.
cor′re•spon′sive•ly, adv.
- responsive to effort or impulse;
answering.
- Medieval Latin corrēspons(us) (past participle of corrēspondēre to correspond, equivalent. to corrēspond- v.stem + -tus past participle suffix) + -ive
- 1600–10
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