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Webster 1913 Edition

Respond

Re-spond′

(rē̍-spŏnd′)
,
Verb.
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 something 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
.

Re-spond′

,
Verb.
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.

Re-spond′

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Respond

RESPOND'

,
Verb.
I.
[L. respondeo; re and spondeo, to promise, that is, to sent to. Hence respondeo is to send back.]
1.
To answer; to reply.
A new affliction strings a new chord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe.
2.
To correspond; to suit.
To every theme responds thy various lay.
3.
To be answerable; to be liable to make payment; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.

RESPOND'

,
Verb.
T.
To answer; to satisfy by payment. The surety was held to respond the judgment of court. The goods attached shall be held to respond the judgment.

RESPOND'

,
Noun.
1.
A short anthem interrupting the middle of a chapter, which is not to proceed till the anthem is ended.
2.
An answer. [Not in use.]

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