About The Word Respond
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Respond
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What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Respond: answer | react | reply Related Terms | Find terms related to Respond: 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 Respond In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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