Respite
(Res"pite), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respited; p. pr. & vb. n. Respiting.] [OF. respiter, LL. respectare.
See Respite, n.] To give or grant a respite to. Specifically: (a) To delay or postpone; to put off. (b)
To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
Forty days longer we do respite you.
Shak. (c) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. "To respite his day labor with repast." Milton.
Respiteless
(Res"pite*less), a. Without respite. Baxter.
Resplendence
(Re*splen"dence) Resplendency
(Re*splen"den*cy) n. [L. resplendentia.] The quality
or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor.
Son! thou in whom my glory I behold
In full resplendence, heir of all my might.
Milton.
The resplendency of his own almighty goodness.
Dr. J. Scott. Resplendent
(Re*splen"dent) a. [L. resplendens, -entis, p. pr. of resplendere to shine brightly; pref.
re- re- + splendere to shine. See Splendid.] Shining with brilliant luster; very bright. — Re*splen"dent*ly,
adv.
With royal arras and resplendent gold.
Spenser. Resplendishant
(Re*splen"dish*ant) a. Resplendent; brilliant. [R. & Obs.] Fabyan.
Resplendishing
(Re*splen"dish*ing), a. Resplendent. [Obs.]
Resplit
(Re*split") v. t. & i. To split again.
Respond
(Re*spond") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Responded; p. pr. & vb. n. Responding.] [OF. respondre,
F. répondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. See Sponsor.]
1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within
the wide scale of human woe.
Buckminster.
To every theme responds thy various lay.
Broome. 3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.]
Syn. — To answer; reply; rejoin. See Reply.
Respond
(Re*spond"), v. t.
1. To answer; to reply.
2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.]
For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
Fairfax. Respond
(Re*spond"), n.
1. An answer; a response. [R.]
