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Re*spond" (r?*sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Responded; p. pr. & vb. n. Responding.] [OF. respondre, F. répondre, 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.
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2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
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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.
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To every theme responds thy various lay. Broome.
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3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]
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Syn. -- To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply.
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Re*spond", v. t. 1. To answer; to reply.
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2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.]
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For his great deeds respond his speeches great. Fairfax.
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Re*spond", n. 1. An answer; a response. [R.]
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2. (Eccl.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
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3. (Arch.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. Oxf. Gloss.
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