Definition of Respond

  • (v. i.) To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
  • (v. i.) To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
  • (v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
  • (v. t.) To answer; to reply.
  • (v. t.) To suit or accord with; to correspond to.
  • (n.) An answer; a response.
  • (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
  • (n.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.

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