Respond word meaning and definition

[verb] show a response or a reaction to something
[verb] respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
[verb] reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"

\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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