[cor.re.spond] vi [MF or ML; MF correspondre, fr. ML correspondere, fr. L com- + respondere to respond] (1529) 1 a: to be in conformity or agreement "the ideal failed ... to ~ with the reality --James Sutherland" b: to compare closely: match--usu. used with to or with c: to be equivalent or parallel
2: to communicate with a person by exchange of letters