All 6 Uses of
correspond
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Corresponding member of the Swedish Pathological Society.
Chpt 1 (definition 1) *corresponding = distant (not generally present--historically communicating through writing)
- I find that before the terrible event occurred several people had seen a creature upon the moor which corresponds with this Baskerville demon, and which could not possibly be any animal known to science.
Chpt 3 (definition 2) *corresponds = matches
- I have cross-examined these men, one of them a hard-headed countryman, one a farrier, and one a moorland farmer, who all tell the same story of this dreadful apparition, exactly corresponding to the hell-hound of the legend.
Chpt 3 (definition 2)corresponding = matching
- In every way it corresponded with the scene of the old tragedy.†
Chpt 8 (definition 2)
- Did you correspond with him?
Chpt 11 (definition 3) *correspond = exchange letters through the mail
- Did you correspond with Sir Charles?
Chpt 11 (definition 3)
Definitions:
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(1) (correspondence as in: a correspondence course) done from afareditor's notes: For example, a corresponding member or a correspondence course.
This sense of corresponding arose because people who lived in distant cities and could not be present for meetings, could communicate by sending written communications.
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(2) (correspond as in: corresponding time period) connect or fit together by being equivalent, proportionate, or matched
(Two things are equivalent if they have the same or very similar value, purpose, or result.)
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(3) (correspond as in: corresponding by email) communicate -- typically by writing letters or emaileditor's notes: A corresponding secretary is an officer of an organization who is responsible for managing the organization's correspondence and keeping a record of it.