Definition of respond

• v. i. - To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
• v. i. - To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
• v. i. - To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
• v. t. - To answer; to reply.
• v. t. - To suit or accord with; to correspond to.
• n. - An answer; a response.
• n. - A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
• n. - A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.