To answer; to reply. 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.

To correspond; to suit. To every theme responds thy various lay.

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

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.

A short anthem interrupting the middle of a chapter, which is not to proceed till the anthem is ended.

An answer.