responding
present participle of respond
responding (plural respondings)
response
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Source: Wiktionary
Re*spond" (r*spnd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Responded; p. pr. & vb. n. Responding.] Etym: [OF. respondre, F. répondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. See Sponsor.]
1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe. Buckminster. To every theme responds thy various lay. Broome.
3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]
Syn.
– To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply.
Re*spond", v. t.
1. To answer; to reply.
2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.] For his great deeds respond his speeches great. Fairfax.
Re*spond", n.
1. An answer; a response. [R.]
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
3. (Arch.)
Definition: A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. Oxf. Gloss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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