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Definitions for: Respond
[v] show a response or a reaction to something
[v] respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
[v] reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
Webster (1913) Definition: Re*spond" (r?*sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Responded; p. pr. & vb. n. Responding.] [OF. respondre,
F. r['e]pondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- +
spondere to promise. See Sponsor.]
1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to
respond to a question or an argument.
2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in
response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart,
which responds to some new note of complaint within
the wide scale of human woe. --Buckminster.
To every theme responds thy various lay. --Broome.
3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the
defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]
Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply.
Re*spond", v. t.
1. To answer; to reply.
2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.]
For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
--Fairfax.
Re*spond", n.
1. An answer; a response. [R.]
2. (Eccl.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the
reading of a chapter.
3. (Arch.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to
support an arch. --Oxf. Gloss.
Synonyms: answer, react, reply
See Also: accept, acknowledge, act, answer, bridle, come back, counter, explode, field, greet, marvel, move, notice, overreact, rejoin, repay, respond, retort, return, riposte, sass, say, state, stool, tell, treat, wonder
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