RESPOND

v. answer, reply; react

A respond is a half-pier or half-pillar which is bonded into a wall and designed to carry the springer at one end of an arch.
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Verb
1. show a response or a reaction to something
(synonym) react
(hypernym) act, move
(hyponym) treat
(derivation) respondent, responder, answerer
2. reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
(synonym) answer, reply
(hypernym) state, say, tell
(hyponym) call back
(derivation) respondent, responder, answerer
3. respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
(hypernym) react
(derivation) respondent, responder, answerer

(v. t.)
To suit or accord with; to correspond to.
  

(v. t.)
To answer; to reply.
  

(v. i.)
To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
  

(v. i.)
To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
  

(v. i.)
To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
  

(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.
  

     ponders