Re*split" (r?*spl?t"), v. t. & i. To split again.
Re*spond" (r?*sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Responded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Responding.] [OF. respondre, F. répondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum;
pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. See Sponsor.] 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.
A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to
some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe.
Buckminster.
To every theme responds thy various lay.
Broome.
3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held
to respond in damages. [U.S.]
Syn. -- To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply.
Re*spond", v. t. 1. To answer; to reply.