Responding

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Respond \Re*spond"\ (r?*sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Responded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Responding}.] [OF. respondre,
     F. r['e]pondre, 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.


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     2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in
        response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
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              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.
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              To every theme responds thy various lay. --Broome.
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     3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the
        defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]
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     Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See {Reply}.
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