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re·spond (ri spänd′)

intransitive verb

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

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

transitive verb

to say in answer; reply

noun

  1. Archit. an engaged column, pilaster, etc. supporting an arch
  2. Eccles. response

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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