RESPOND


Meaning of RESPOND in English

I. rə̇ˈspänd, rēˈs- noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French respondre to respond

1. : something sung or said after or in reply to the officiant in a liturgy : a response to or as if to a versicle : responsory

2. : an engaged pillar supporting an arch or closing a colonnade or arcade

the nave arcade will be of nine pillars and two responds

also : a corbel so used or a pilaster that backs up a free column

3. : answer , reply

II. verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle French respondre to answer, correspond, from Latin respondēre to promise in return, answer, correspond, from re- + spondēre to promise — more at spouse

intransitive verb

1. archaic : to correspond to or accord with something

2. : to say something in return : make an answer

responded negatively to the question

as

a. : to make a respond or response in a liturgy

b.

(1) : to make a bid in bridge based wholly or partly on strength promised by a previous bid by one's partner

(2) : to bid as directed by a forcing bid made by one's partner

3. : to show some reaction to a force or stimulus

the pupil of the eye responds to change of light intensity

: react in response

a horse responding to kindly treatment

responded with rage to the insult

the abscess responded well to heat treatment

often : to react favorably in response

is at last responding to medication

4. : to render satisfaction : be answerable

transitive verb

archaic : to answer to : correspond to

Synonyms: see answer

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.