Thesaurus / respond
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"I'm afraid I couldn't quite manage that, my dear boy," your fond parent would respond.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 107, NOVEMBER 3, 1894VARIOUSIn the same way the technical form and mechanism of production were presumed to respond to an automatic stimulus.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKThe poor marble statue at his feet can no longer respond to the cries of her famishing child.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIERosa laughingly approved of this decision, for she was like-minded with her mother, but her father did not respond.
THE GARRET AND THE GARDENR.M. BALLANTYNEShe did not respond; she did not attempt to soothe him; if ever looks expressed reproach and aversion, hers did then.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThe Negroes of this area and those of the south in general did not respond to his encouragement.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYAll except Betty, who kept on desperately, doggedly, her muscles barely able to respond to the last call she was making upon them.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPEEnid's true, overburdened heart was only too ready to respond to his fervent appeal.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUXI wondered if she would respond to her ancestry if placed among arduous experiences.
A VIRGINIA SCOUTHUGH PENDEXTERAnd now the last ounce of energy was called up, but the mine-owner's son failed to respond.
THE UNDERWORLDJAMES C. WELSHWORDS RELATED TO RESPOND
- bartering
- being equivalent
- corresponding
- feeling in return
- interchanging
- making up for
- matching
- paying one's dues
- recompensing
- rendering
- repaying
- replying
- requiting
- responding
- retaliating
- retorting
- returning
- returning the compliment
- scratch one's back
- serving out
- sharing
- squaring
- swapping
- swinging
- tit for tat
- trading
- vacillating
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