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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Respond \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Respond \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: respond v 1: show a response or a reaction to something [syn: {react}] 2: reply or respond to "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [syn: {answer}, {reply}] 3: respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer reponded to the aggressive therapy" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: RESPOND, v.i. To make answer, or disclose otherwise a consciousness of having inspired an interest in what Herbert Spencer calls "external coexistences," as Satan "squat like a toad" at the ear of Eve, responded to the touch of the angel's spear. To respond in damages is to contribute to the maintenance of the plaintiff's attorney and incidentally, to the gratification of the plaintiff.
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