■ verb say or do something in reply or as a reaction.
■ noun
1》 Architecture a half-pillar or half-pier attached to a wall to support an arch.
2》 (in church use) a responsory; a response to a versicle.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from OFr., from ~re 'to answer', from L. ~ere , from re- 'again' + spondere 'to pledge'.