'Respond' definitions:

Definition of 'respond'

From: WordNet
verb
Show a response or a reaction to something [syn: react, respond]
verb
React verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [syn: answer, reply, respond]
verb
Respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"

Definition of 'Respond'

From: GCIDE
  • Respond \Re*spond"\, v. t.
  • 1. To answer; to reply. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • For his great deeds respond his speeches great. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Respond'

From: GCIDE
  • Respond \Re*spond"\, n.
  • 1. An answer; a response. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Eccl.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Arch.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. --Oxf. Gloss. [1913 Webster] Respondence

Definition of 'Respond'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To every theme responds thy various lay. --Broome. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'respond'

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