respond favorably or as hoped, show a response or a reaction to something, react verbally, transitive To answer; to reply, To satisfy; to answer, rare To suit or accord with; to correspond to, intransitive To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit, To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply, To react positively or favorably, noun_ A response, A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection, In liturgics_ A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection