Definition of respond | Bee Dictionary of English

v show a response or a reaction to something
v react verbally
v respond favorably or as hoped
The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy

People respond to talent and authentic emotion, and Marly-Gomont has them.
New Yorkers respond in the aftermath of the attack .
Twelve thinkers, writers and statesmen on how Israel will respond to its challenges over the next 60 years.

Crews respond to fire at oil well site in West Longview
A worker has been taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation treatment and part of Marshall Avenue is closed to traffic in Longview as crews respond to a fire at an oil well.
July 3, 2013 - The Longview News-Journal
Kirtland asks for more time to respond to state fuel cleanup concerns
Kirtland Air Force Base has asked for more time to respond to the New Mexico Environment Department’s concerns about the technology being used to clean up a major jet fuel... Read more »
July 3, 2013 - Albuquerque Journal
Will MCPS get serious about ending de facto segregation?
10 things MCPS and Montgomery County can do to respond to fast-changing demographics.
July 3, 2013 - Washington Post

Barack Obama in CNN (blog)
Let me be clear: [Well owner] BP is responsible for this leak. BP will be paying the bill. But as president of the United States, I'm going to spare no effort to respond to this crisis for as long as it continues,Obama said.
Condoleezza Rice in CNN
That was five years ago, I think that the subsequent five years have demonstrated that the lesson was learned. : I have every confidence that General Mattis will respond to questions and speak publicly about the matters for which he is responsible... Robert Gates http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFwMzvv9yA0Jgg3hPgE3kWbNhetiA Thaindian.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/james-mattis-named-new-head-us-central-command_100393187.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFmx7SizVV_dzeaehu2VEM0dpcxVg Jul 9, 2010 83205 110752 respond I found a Pakistani government that's focused on the threat and understands its responsibility to respond to terrorism and extremism wherever it is found," Rice told reporters Thursday after sessions with the country's president and prime minister.