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1 definition 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}.
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