[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

respond \respond"\ r?sp?nd", v. i. imp.  p. p.
   responded; p. pr.  vb. n. responding. of. respondre,
   f. r'epondre, 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.
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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.
      1913 webster

   syn: to answer; reply; rejoin. see reply.
        1913 webster
see also:
responded responding sponsor reply 

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