[rɪˈspɒnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- say something in reply
(e.g: she could not get Robert to respond to her words)

- (of a person) do something as a reaction to someone or something
(e.g: she responded to his grin with a smile)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from respondre ‘to answer’, from Latin respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century

[rɪˈspɒnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a half-pillar or half-pier attached to a wall to support an arch, especially at the end of an arcade

- (in church use) a response to a versicle; a responsory


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French, from respondre ‘to answer’, from Latin respondere, from re- ‘again’ + spondere ‘to pledge’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century