respond

noun

A response.

A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.

(architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

verb

(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

(intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

(ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.

(transitive) To satisfy; to answer.

(intransitive) To be liable for payment.

Roots

spondeo-spond · Latin · pledge, promise

Synonyms for respond

replyn answern reactv responsen rejoindern retortn riposten reciprocatev retaliatev

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