Meaning

• A response.

• A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.

• A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

Meaning

• To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

  "to respond to a question or an argument"

• To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

• To correspond with; to suit.

• To satisfy; to answer.

  "The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court."

• To be liable for payment.