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Responded

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.

  2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.

    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.

    To every theme responds thy various lay.
    --Broome.

  3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]

    Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply.

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responded

vb. (en-past of: respond)

Usage examples of "responded".

Nancia closed down pathways and redefined access codes in a single, instinctive wave of activity that left Polyon staring at a blank screen and touching a keyboard that no longer responded to his search commands.

Core responded, "that it remains something of a sacred symbol to Chalidang, and also to the Sanafe, Regeis, and Pegiri, and, it appears, to Quislon.

Still, Ming came to the fore and responded, "However, I was not a Jules Wallinchky employee.

Sangh responded, "but what's to stop the main force from turning and linking, say, in Quilst, with the others for a drive there?

Dalkey swiftly responded with an ardent note, the tone of which made Todd frown and Kelly blush.

Not at all surprising, especially since he had never hoped tc see her again, he responded passionately.

But for that hand, she was lost in a nightmare of stretch, strain, pant and gasp, of a body that was not hers, that responded to primal urg ings.

Though they knew they were safe, they both ducked at the whir of wings as the giffs responded to the sounds.

They protested that they had responded to an emergency distress call and merely homed on the beacon.

He responded by advising her of heavy air traffic into Blue Triad City and that she must surrender manual operation within sixty kilometers of the Tower.

The fabric responded to her mood in pulsing reds and purples, shot with cerulean blues, breaking into spontaneous patterns as her steps fell into different dance modes.

From his throat issued a sort of purr, too, which the cat obviously responded to by increasing her own rumble.

She had responded to a high level request to take this temporary assignment, since her training had matched perfectly the needs of this particular emergency.

Noneth replied, nodding solemn accord, as Kira apparently responded in a manner consonant with his religion.

As the chorus responded idiotically true to its model, she hurriedly reported to Cencom.