Respond

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:

    “I just come and talk to the plants, really—very important to talk to them, they respond I find.”
    —Charles, Prince Of Wales (b. 1948)

    “Jane Addams, founder of Hull House, once asked, “How shall we respond to the dreams of youth?” It is a dazzling and elegant question, a question that demands an answer—a range of answers, really, spiraling outward in widening circles.”
    —William Ayers, U.S. author. To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, ch. 7 (1993)

    “We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.”
    —David Mamet (b. 1947)