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A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain. Pons asinorum. Etym: [L., literally, br…

Corresponding; conformable; adapted. Shak. -- Cor`re*spon"sive*ly, adv.

Betrothal. [Obs.] Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. Foxe.

To betroth. [Obs.] Johnson.

A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.] For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor.

A written pledge of marriage. Clarendon.

Want of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.

Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.

So as not to be responsible.

Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.

One who is answerable or responsible. [Obs.] Barrow.

The act of responding.

Giving no response.

The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.

kely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.

The act of answering. [Obs.]

Suited to something else; correspondent. The vocal lay responsive to the strings. Pope.

Responsory; antiphonal. J. H. Newman.

the priest, or as a refrain. Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. Milton.

Relating to marriage, or to a spouse; spousal.