'Responding' definitions:

Definition of 'Responding'

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]

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