respond

intransitive verb

To make a reply; answer.

intransitive verb

To act in return or in answer: synonym: answer.

intransitive verb

To react positively or favorably.

intransitive verb

To give as a reply; answer.

noun

A pilaster or half-pier engaged to a wall and carrying one end of an arch or groin, often at the end of an arcade.

To make answer; give a reply in words; specifically, to make a liturgical response.

To answer or reply in any way; exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus.

To correspond; suit.

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

To answer to; correspond to.