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