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of Ta o's Godfrey of Boulogne, x. 40. 2. To answer; satisfy, as by payment: as, the prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court. IMG:content-2084.png:[blocks in formation] His rent in fair respondence must arise To double trebles of his one yeare's price. Bp . Hall , Satires, V. i. 57. respondency (re-spon'den-si), n. [As respon dence (see -cy).] Same as respondence . Thus you see the respondency of the spiritual to the natural fool in their qualities. Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 248. respondent (re-spondent), a . and n . [= OF. respond ant , F. répondant = Sp. respondiente = Pg. respondente = It. rispondente , respon den(t-)s, ppr. of respond ere , answer: see re spond .] I. a . 1. Answering; responding. The wards respondent to the key turn round; The bars fall back. Pope , Ody ey, xxi. 49. 2. Conformable; corresponding. Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. Bacon . Well may this palace admiration claim, Great, and respondent to the master's fame! Pope , Ody ey, xvii. 315.