Respond Definition

rĭ-spŏnd

responded, responding, responds

verb

responded, responding, responds

To answer; reply.

Webster's New World

To act in return, as if in answer.

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To say in answer; reply.

Webster's New World

To have a positive or favorable reaction.

An infection that responded to treatment.

Webster's New World

To be answerable or liable.

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noun

responds

An engaged column, pilaster, etc. supporting an arch.

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Webster's New World

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

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Other Word Forms of Respond

Singular:

respond

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Middle English responden from Old French respondre from Latin respondēre re- re- spondēre to promise spend- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old French respondre (Modern répondre), from Latin respondeō.

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