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Respond [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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.]

Respond [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To answer; to reply.

2. 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.

3. To correspond; to suit.

4. To every theme responds thy various lay.

5. To be answerable; to be liable to make payment; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.

Respond [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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 [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An answer; a response.

2. A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

3. A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.

Respond [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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

Respond [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To answer; to reply.

2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to.

Responded [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Answered; satisfied by payment.

Responded [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Respondence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Respondency

Respondency [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering.

Respondent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Answering; that answers to demand or expectation.

2. - Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.

Respondent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One that answers in a suit, particularly a chancery suit.

2. In the schools, one who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province is to refute objections or overthrow arguments.

Respondent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

Respondent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.

2. One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant.

3. One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.

Respondentia [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself.

Responding [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Genesis 24:14

And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

Exodus 24:3

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

1 Samuel 4:20

And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.

1 Samuel 14:41

Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.

1 Kings 12:6

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

1 Kings 12:7

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

1 Kings 13:6

And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

2 Kings 16:9

And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

2 Chronicles 10:6

And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

Ezra 10:12

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!

Job 32:20

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

Psalms 13:3

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Psalms 60:5

That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.

Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

Psalms 108:6

That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

Proverbs 29:19

A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.

A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

Isaiah 14:10

All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”

Jeremiah 32:33

And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”

Daniel 2:26

The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

The king responded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to tell me what I saw in the dream, as well as its interpretation?”