Dictionary entry

Correspondent

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cor′re‐spond″ent (–ent), a. [Cf. F. correspondant.] Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.

Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.

Hooker.

As fast the correspondent passions rise.

Thomson.

I will be correspondent to command.

Shak.