respōnsō -, -, āre, freq. respondeo, to return, answer, re-echo: exoritur clamor, ripaeque Responsant circa, re-echo, V.

—Fig., to answer, agree: Ne gallina malum responset dura palato, H.

—To answer, withstand, resist, defy: cupidinibus, H.: animus cenis opimis, H.