Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Answerable

Answerable ({not transcribed}) , adjective

1.
Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages.
Will any man argue that... he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? — Swift
2.
Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. — Johnson
3.
Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable.
What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? — Holland
This revelation... was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. — Milton
4.
Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.
5.
Equal; equivalent; adequate. [Archaic]
Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. — Milton