Respond
A respond is a half-pier or half-pillar which is bonded into a wall and designed to carry the springer at one end of an arch.
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Famous quotes containing the word respond:
“Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth.”
—Bible: Hebrew Eli, in 1 Samuel, 3:9.
Advice to Samuel, on how to respond to God’s call.
“We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)
“The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)