respond

Respond is defined as to answer or reply or to act in return.

(verb)

An example of to respond is to answer a question in class.
An example of to respond is for an ambulance to rush to the scene of an accident after a phone call requesting their service.

See respond in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to answer; reply
to act in return, as if in answer
to have a positive or favorable reaction: an infection that responded to treatment
☆ Law to be answerable or liable

Origin: ME responden < OFr respondre < L respondere < re-, back + spondere, to pledge: see sponsor

transitive verb

to say in answer; reply

noun

See respond in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·spond·ed, re·spond·ing, re·sponds

verb, intransitive

To make a reply; answer. See Synonyms at answer.
To act in return or in answer.
To react positively or favorably: The patient has responded rapidly to the treatment.

verb, transitive

To give as a reply; answer.

noun
Architecture

A pilaster or half-pier engaged to a wall and carrying one end of an arch or groin, often at the end of an arcade.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English responden

Origin: , from Old French respondre

Origin: , from Latin respondēre

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + spondēre, to promise; see spend- in Indo-European roots

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