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.

2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.

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.

To every theme responds thy various lay. --Broome.

3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]

Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Respond \Re*spond"\, v. t.

1. To answer; to reply.

2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.]

For his great deeds respond his speeches great. --Fairfax.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Respond \Re*spond"\, n.

1. An answer; a response. [R.]

2. (Eccl.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

3. (Arch.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. --Oxf. Gloss.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)