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responsa
English has respond
respond vb [MF respondre, fr. L respond-re to promise in return,
answer, fr. re- + spond-re to promise ¦ more at SPOUSE] vi
response n [ME & L; ME respounse, fr. MF respons, fr. L responsum reply,
fr. neut. of responsus, pp. of respond-re] (14c)
1 : an act of responding
2 : something constituting a reply or a reaction: as
a : a verse, phrase, or word sung or said by the people or choir
after or in reply to the officiant in a liturgical service
b : the activity or inhibition of previous activity of an organism
or any of its parts resulting from stimulation
c : the output of a transducer or detecting device resulting from
a given input
Assi, in interlingua "responder" = anglese "to answer (=to reply).
Stan
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