respond

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 25.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

verb To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
to respond to a question or an argument
verb To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
verb To correspond with; to suit.
verb To satisfy; to answer.
The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.
verb To be liable for payment.
noun A response.
noun A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
noun A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.