- Responding
- Respond 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.
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2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
To every theme responds thy various lay. --Broome. [1913 Webster]
3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See {Reply}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
