RESPOND', v.i. [L. respondeo; re and spondeo, to promise, that is, to sent to. Hence respondeo is to send back.] 1. To answer; to reply.A new affliction strings a new chord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe.2. To correspond; to suit.To every theme responds thy various lay.3. To be answerable; to be liable to make payment; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.RESPOND', v.t. To answer; to satisfy by payment. The surety was held to respond the judgment of court. The goods attached shall be held to respond the judgment. RESPOND', n. 1. A short anthem interrupting the middle of a chapter, which is not to proceed till the anthem is ended.2. An answer. [Not in use.]
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