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n.
A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself.
n.
The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering.
n.
One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
a.
Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.
a.
Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.
a.
Not responded to in kind; unrequited; as, unanswered affection.
v. i.
To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
v. i.
To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
superl.
Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons.
a.
That responds; ready or inclined to respond.
n.
Alt. of Respondency
imp. & p. p.
of Respond
a.
Not responsive; not able, ready, or inclined to respond.
n.
The act of responding.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Respond
v. i.
To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
n.
A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.
n.
One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it.
n.
A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways, -- as that quality in plants by which they exhibit motion under suitable stimulation; esp., the property which living muscle processes, of responding either to a direct stimulus of its substance, or to the stimulating influence of its nerve fibers, the response being indicated by a change of form, or contraction; contractility.
a.
Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
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