Cŏr're-spŏnd', v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. CORRESPONDED; p. pr. & vb. n. CORRESPONDING.] [L. Lat. correspondere, from con and respondere, to answer, from re and spondere, to promise solemnly; Fr. correspondre, Sp. corresponder, It. corrispondere.]
Sense 1. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer.
Words being but empty sounds, any further than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them, as they correspond to those ideas we have. Locke.
Sense 2. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters.
After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. Macaulay.
Synonyms—To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.—TO CORRESPOND, CORRESPOND WITH, CORRESPOND TO. The verb to correspond is used in two very diverse senses. In the one case, it denotes the carrying on of intercourse by means of letters, and it is then always to be followed by with; as, to correspond with a friend. In the other case, it denotes that things stand off against each other in such a manner as to be mutually correspondent, and the word is then to be followed by to; as, this corresponds to what I predicted.