'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acknowledge,
- act,
- advocate,
- allege in support,
- alternate,
- answer,
- answer back,
- antiphon,
- apprehend,
- argue for,
- assert,
- bandy,
- be affected,
- be aware of,
- be conscious of,
- be in tune,
- be inspired,
- be involved,
- be moved,
- be quits with,
- be sensible of,
- behave,
- care about,
- catch the flame,
- catch the infection,
- champion,
- change,
- change color,
- color with emotion,
- come back,
- come back at,
- come in,
- commute,
- compensate,
- contend for,
- cooperate,
- counter,
- counterchange,
- defend,
- dig,
- echo,
- empathize with,
- espouse,
- exchange,
- experience,
- feel,
- feel for,
- flash back,
- get back at,
- get even with,
- give acknowledgment,
- give and take,
- give answer,
- hear,
- identify with,
- interchange,
- logroll,
- maintain,
- make a plea,
- pay back,
- perceive,
- permute,
- pity,
- plead for,
- react,
- rebut,
- reciprocate,
- reecho,
- refute,
- rejoin,
- rejoinder,
- relate to emotionally,
- reply,
- requite,
- respond to,
- respond to stimuli,
- response,
- retaliate,
- retort,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- return the compliment,
- reverberate,
- riposte,
- say,
- say in defense,
- say in reply,
- see,
- sense,
- share,
- shoot back,
- smell,
- snap back,
- speak for,
- speak up for,
- stand up for,
- stick up for,
- support,
- sustain,
- swap,
- switch,
- sympathize with,
- take the bait,
- talk back,
- taste,
- touch,
- trade,
- transpose,
- uphold,
- urge reasons for