respond

verb

1. (intransitive, transitive)To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

   “to respond to a question or an argument”

2. (intransitive)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. (ambitransitive)To correspond with; to suit.

   “For his great deeds respond his speeches great.”

4. (transitive)To satisfy; to answer.

   “The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.”

5. (intransitive)To be liable for payment.

noun

1. A response.
2. A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
3. A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.