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respond

verb
/ɹɪˈspɒnd/UK/ɹɪˈspɑnd/US

Etymology

From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre.

  1. derived from respondeō
  2. derived from respondō
  3. derived from respondre
  4. inherited from respounden

Definitions

  1. To say something in return

    To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

    • to respond to a question or an argument

  2. To act in return

    To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

    • As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

  3. To correspond with

    To correspond with; to suit.

    • For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To satisfy

      To satisfy; to answer.

      • The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.

    2. To be liable for payment.

    3. A response.

    4. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.

    5. A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the…

      A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

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Derived

autorespond, counterrespond, hyperrespond, mechanorespond, misrespond, nonresponding, overrespond, respondee, respondence, responder, responding variable, responsive, thrombospondin, underrespond, unresponded, unresponding

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at respond. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at respond. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at respond

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA