1. answer, reply; react. respond\re*spond"\ (r?*sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. responded; p. pr. & vb. n. responding.] [of. respondre, f. répondre, fr. l. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. see:
sponsor.].
2. to say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
3. 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. to every theme responds thy various lay.
4. to render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [u.s.].
5. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
6. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
7. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
8. To answer; to reply.
9. To suit or accord with; to correspond to.
10. An answer; a response.
11. A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
12. A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy".
13. 1. When you respond to something that is done or said, you react to it by doing or saying something yourself. They are likely to respond positively to the President's request for aid The army responded with gunfire and tear gas `Are you well enough to carry on? --- `Of course,' she responded scornfully The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs responded that the protection of refugees was a matter for an international organization.
14. When you respond to a need, crisis, or challenge, you take the necessary or appropriate action. This modest group size allows our teachers to respond to the needs of each student. = react.
15. If a patient or their injury or illness is responding to treatment, the treatment is working and they are getting better. I'm pleased to say that he is now doing well and responding to treatment.