respondentn.

Brit.

/rᵻˈspɒnd(ə)nt/, U.S.

/rəˈspɑnd(ə)nt/,

/riˈspɑnd(ə)nt/

Forms: 1500s respondente, 1500s– respondent.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin respondent-, respondens, respondēns.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin respondent-, respondens defendant (1013), student who defends a thesis (c1425, c1583 in British sources), use as noun of classical Latin respondent-, respondēns respondent adj. Compare Middle French, French †respondant (French répondant) person who replies (in a debate, etc.) (15th cent.), guarantor (15th cent.), correspondent (1634), person who defends a thesis (1690).

a. A person who provides a response; spec. a person who defends a thesis against one or more opponents.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > person answering

replierc1454

respondent1528

answerer1551

repliant1594

replicant1626

responser1791

responder1825

replyist1852

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > person answering > in a disputation

answererc1443

responsalc1500

respondent1528

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > respondent

responsalc1500

respondent1528

replicator1705

society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who > in response to survey, etc.

respondent1528

informant1799

1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cxxxix^v Ego nego domine doctor said the respondente.

1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 13 §2 Suche beneficed persons..shall..be apponent and respondent in the same [disputations].

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xx. 45 Magitians are but ill respondents for me.

1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος iii. 43 Are you not respondent? Was it not your part to answer what was brought against your wicked Position?

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) xx. 103 The respondent sits over-against the opponent, and is prepared to deny whatever he affirms.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xv. 117 Take care, Charlotte, that you make as free a respondent..as you are a questioner.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. p. i Each person must be herein querist and respondent to himself.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 7 When Thrasymachus has been silenced, the two principal respondents..appear on the scene.

1915 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 24 14 As soon as the Respondent has finished his Thesis..the Moderator calls upon the first Opponent to appear.

1976 tr. H. H. Ben-Sasson Hist. Jewish People xxxiii. 555 However, the Jews were not always the respondents; occasionally, they initiated the debate.

1998 R. Wood Sexual Politics & Narr. Film p. ix Robert K. Lightning acted as my respondent and initiated a stimulating and far-ranging discussion.

b. Originally U.S. A person who responds to a survey, questionnaire, etc.

ΚΠ

1889 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 2 483 Some of the unusual diagrams are to be accounted for by the respondents having drawn what they habitually draw when scribbling.

1934 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 39 670 The replies were classified by whether the respondent could or could not meet the requirement.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists 175/2 Almost one-third of the respondents said they were upset by witnessing the casualties.

1970 D. Goldrich et al. in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. v. 176 The interviewers selected respondents randomly from the household.

2006 Guardian 27 Dec. 4/5 Thirty-seven per cent of respondents told researchers they would look to make money out of their unused presents.

2. Law. A defendant in a lawsuit; (now) spec. one in an appeal or petition. Cf. co-respondent n. a.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > defendant

defendanta1325

defender1430

defendentc1475

respondent1561

libellate1565

petitionee1764

complainee1779

libellee1856

1561 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 78 Whan he perceyvid this Respondent to be with child, he perceyvid her noughtie lief and misdeamenour.

1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 73 This respondent sais, that he & Margaret Alat were maried in Weuerham church.

1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 224 If we respect the persons, they are both complainants, and respondents.

1697 J. Butler True State of Case 9 Now this Respondent being not naturally endowed with the gift of Continency from heaven, had license by God's Law to marry.

1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 250 The said A.B. Appellant to make Payment to the said D.E. and H.I. Respondents.

1788 P. Thicknesse Mem. & Anecd. II. 189 The case of the appellant and respondent.

1857 Act 20 & 21 Victoria c. 85 §28 The Court..may direct that the Person with whom the Husband is alleged to have committed adultery be made a Respondent.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxiii. 249 To crush to pieces the innocent respondent—that is the tyrant-fashion of relieving one's self in embarrassments.

1905 Times 2 Aug. 3/5 To the knowledge and by the procurement of the respondent a false case was..presented to the Court on behalf of the petitioner in the divorce proceedings.

1954 A. White Beyond Glass ii. i. 77 The squeaking of Mr. Ramsden's quill had inexorably transformed them into plaintiff and respondent in an undefended suit of nullity.

2004 Akron Law Rev. 37 605 On behalf of the State of Texas, I filed, pro bono, an amicus brief in support of the respondent.

†3. A person who is answerable for another. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor

borrowa1000

festermanOE

inborghc1175

pledge1348

surety1428

warrant1478

soverty1517

creditor1523

cautionerc1565

warranter1583

caution1586

warranty1586

security1600

stipulator1610

engager1611

pawner1611

undertaker1616

bond1632

ensurer1654

cautionary1655

security man1662

voucher1667

warrantee1668

respondent1672

guarand1674

guarantee1679

guaranty1684

hypothecator1828

warrantor1850

guarantor1853

1672 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 517 I shall come away with so good a character from this place, that I shall not have shamed my respondent.

†4. A word which rhymes with another. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] > rhyme-word

rhyme1577

catchworda1764

respondent1804

rhyme-word1832

1804 C. Smith Conversations II. 137 Some word of great force to close his couplet, to which there are not, perhaps, above two or three respondents.

5. Mathematics. Each of a tabulated series of numbers which result from applying a given function to a series of arguments, as in tables of logarithms, trigonometric functions, etc. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > table > result in

respondent1888

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 7/1 In any table the results tabulated are termed the ‘tabular results’ or ‘respondents’, and the corresponding numbers by which the table is entered are termed the ‘arguments’.

1955 Math. Gaz. 39 303 Suppose that we have a table of nth powers, with arguments m..and respondents M = mⁿ.

6. Psychology. A response, esp. a conditioned reflex, to a specific stimulus. Contrasted with operant n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > stimulus-response > response > [noun]

reaction1860

response1887

respondent1937

1937 B. F. Skinner in Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 16 274 It is a necessary recognition of the fact that in the unconditioned organism two kinds of behavior may be distinguished. There is, first, the kind of response that is made to specific stimulation... I shall refer to such a reflex as a respondent and use the term also as an adjective in referring to the behavior as a whole.

1940 E. R. Hilgard & D. G. Marquis Conditioning & Learning iii. 66 Respondents..are movements elicited by recognized stimuli.

2009 J. S. Vargas Behavior Anal. for Effective Teaching iii. 37 As a teacher, you cannot change inherited reflexes but you still have to deal with respondents that are learned.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

respondentadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈspɒnd(ə)nt/, U.S.

/rəˈspɑnd(ə)nt/,

/riˈspɑnd(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin respondent-, respondēns, respondēre.

Etymology: < classical Latin respondent-, respondēns, present participle of respondēre respond v. Compare Old French respondent corresponding (c1270), Middle French respondent reciprocal (1561), French †respondant answering, replying (17th cent.), Spanish respondiente corresponding, replying (15th cent.), Italian rispondente , †rispondente corresponding, replying (a1320), uses as adjectives of the present participles of the verbs cited at respond v. Compare correspondent adj.

†1. Correspondent; corresponding to something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]

goodeOE

rightOE

queemlOE

belonglOE

behovingc1175

limplyc1200

tidefula1300

avenantc1300

mackc1330

worthy1340

hemea1350

convenientc1374

seemlya1375

shapelyc1374

ablea1382

cordant1382

meetc1385

accordable1386

accordinga1387

appurtenantc1386

pertinentc1390

accordanta1393

likea1393

setea1400

throa1400

agreeablec1425

habilec1425

suitly1426

competentc1430

suiting1431

fitc1440

proportionablec1443

justc1450

congruent?a1475

cordinga1475

congruec1475

afferant1480

belonging1483

cordable1485

hovable1508

attainanta1513

accommodate1525

agreeing1533

respondent1533

opportunate?1541

appropriate1544

commode1549

familiar1553

apt1563

pliant1565

liable1570

sortly1570

competible1586

sortable1586

fitty1589

accommodable1592

congruable1603

affining1606

feated1606

suity1607

reputable1611

suited1613

idoneousa1615

matchable1614

suitablea1616

congruous1631

fitten1642

responsal1647

appropriated1651

adapt1658

mack-like1672

squared1698

homogeneous1708

applicable1711

unforeign1718

fitted1736

congenial1738

assorted1790

accommodatable1874

OK1925

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xxi. 213 Þai thocht na thing mare respondent to resson and equite.

1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 24 The which..seemeth somwhat to be respondent to our holy sacred and christian religion.

1611 A. Hopton Speculum Topographicum To Math. Practizer sig. a2 If the angle..accord not Symmetrially to the respondent angles in the field.

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 29 Seeing the even verges of the Lobes of the Seed hereto respondent.

1672 J. Flamsteed Let. 31 Jan. (1995) I. 130 I shall not faile..to doe my endeavour to make respondent observations.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 315 Well may this Palace admiration claim, Great, and respondent to the master's fame!

2. That makes a response or reply; answering.

ΚΠ

1658 J. Quarles Hist. Most Vile Dimagoras i. 139 'Tis her pleasure you should be Respondent to some questions, which shall be Forth-with propos'd unto you.

1758 W. Woty Spouting-club 8 His roaring Voice Calls Eccho forth respondent.

a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George III (1845) I. vi. 87 To hear the King's Speech, and the respondent Address read.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. ix. 502 Either amicable or adverse in relation to such respondent witness.

1835 Metrop. Mag. May 112 A great minister of Britain..should not merely keep himself on the respondent side; he should launch out on his opponents, and take the initiative.

1926 ‘H. Wade’ Verdict of you All (1932) 112 He rang a hand bell and gave the necessary instructions to the respondent clerk.

1989 R. M. Groves Surv. Errors & Surv. Costs vi. 272 Attitudes towards fertility, and demographic characteristics of the respondent women.

3. Law. That is the defendant in a lawsuit. Cf. respondent n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [adjective] > replying or defending

respondent1726

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 67 It is necessary, That the Party Respondent should be present in Court.

1847 Law Reporter Feb. 509 The respondent party was summoned.

1899 Daily News 7 Jan. 4/5 Counsel representing the respondent magistrate.

1950 Stanford Law Rev. 3 8 The respondent judge defended on three grounds.

1996 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 2/8 A divorce where the respondent husband, or usually wife, can show that a divorce would cause ‘grave financial or other hardship’.

a. Responsive (to some influence).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operating or acting in return

responsive1657

reacting1666

responding1670

reactive1717

respondent1726

retroactive1799

reactional1839

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 49 The wards respondent to the key turn round.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 143 My heart is respondent only to softer emotions.

1792 C. Smith Desmond II. 143 Her heart finds respondent sentiments only in yours.

1867 H. Maudsley Physiol. & Pathol. of Mind 147 Many of the remaining actions..are really respondent to an idea or emotion.

1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) 81 Sensations are excited by impressions,..and respondent motions are called forth.

1906 Garden 3 Mar. 132/3 A hasty and ill-founded opinion has been formed that fruit trees are not respondent to manurial aid.

1917 E. A. Robinson Merlin vii. 156 Some quiet place where..cowherds may have more respondent ears Than kings and kingdom-builders.

1994 Educ. Assessment 2 86 A problem with using grades to control students occurs when students..are not respondent to punishment by their parents.

b. Psychology. Involving or designating a response, esp. a conditioned reflex, to a specific stimulus; esp. in respondent conditioning. Contrasted with operant adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > stimulus-response > response > [adjective]

respondent1937

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > accustomedness > action or fact of accustoming > to conditioned responses

conditioning1920

respondent conditioning1937

1937 B. F. Skinner in Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 16 274 The distinction between operant and respondent behavior.

1940 Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. 26 267 It has often been recognized that a synthesis of operant and respondent conditioning would be desirable from the point of view of economy.

1974 H. W. Bernard Personality x. 241 Respondent conditioning can also be used as a therapeutic approach.

2008 Jrnl. Behavior Therapy & Exper. Psychiatry 39 100 [They] use a clever twist on the famous canines as their initial example of respondent conditioning: a child learns to salivate at the sight of her grandma's house after several pairings of visiting Grandma and eating freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	respondent
释义	respondentn. Brit. /rᵻˈspɒnd(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈspɑnd(ə)nt/, /riˈspɑnd(ə)nt/ Forms: 1500s respondente, 1500s– respondent. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin respondent-, respondens, respondēns. Etymology: < post-classical Latin respondent-, respondens defendant (1013), student who defends a thesis (c1425, c1583 in British sources), use as noun of classical Latin respondent-, respondēns respondent adj. Compare Middle French, French †respondant (French répondant) person who replies (in a debate, etc.) (15th cent.), guarantor (15th cent.), correspondent (1634), person who defends a thesis (1690). 1. a. A person who provides a response; spec. a person who defends a thesis against one or more opponents. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > person answering replierc1454 respondent1528 answerer1551 repliant1594 replicant1626 responser1791 responder1825 replyist1852 the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > person answering > in a disputation answererc1443 responsalc1500 respondent1528 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > academic or public disputation > [noun] > respondent responsalc1500 respondent1528 replicator1705 society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > person who > in response to survey, etc. respondent1528 informant1799 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. cxxxix^v Ego nego domine doctor said the respondente. 1536 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 13 §2 Suche beneficed persons..shall..be apponent and respondent in the same [disputations]. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xx. 45 Magitians are but ill respondents for me. 1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος iii. 43 Are you not respondent? Was it not your part to answer what was brought against your wicked Position? 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1726) xx. 103 The respondent sits over-against the opponent, and is prepared to deny whatever he affirms. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xv. 117 Take care, Charlotte, that you make as free a respondent..as you are a questioner. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. p. i Each person must be herein querist and respondent to himself. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 7 When Thrasymachus has been silenced, the two principal respondents..appear on the scene. 1915 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 24 14 As soon as the Respondent has finished his Thesis..the Moderator calls upon the first Opponent to appear. 1976 tr. H. H. Ben-Sasson Hist. Jewish People xxxiii. 555 However, the Jews were not always the respondents; occasionally, they initiated the debate. 1998 R. Wood Sexual Politics & Narr. Film p. ix Robert K. Lightning acted as my respondent and initiated a stimulating and far-ranging discussion. b. Originally U.S. A person who responds to a survey, questionnaire, etc. ΚΠ 1889 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 2 483 Some of the unusual diagrams are to be accounted for by the respondents having drawn what they habitually draw when scribbling. 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 39 670 The replies were classified by whether the respondent could or could not meet the requirement. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists 175/2 Almost one-third of the respondents said they were upset by witnessing the casualties. 1970 D. Goldrich et al. in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. v. 176 The interviewers selected respondents randomly from the household. 2006 Guardian 27 Dec. 4/5 Thirty-seven per cent of respondents told researchers they would look to make money out of their unused presents. 2. Law. A defendant in a lawsuit; (now) spec. one in an appeal or petition. Cf. co-respondent n. a. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > party in litigation > [noun] > defendant defendanta1325 defender1430 defendentc1475 respondent1561 libellate1565 petitionee1764 complainee1779 libellee1856 1561 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 78 Whan he perceyvid this Respondent to be with child, he perceyvid her noughtie lief and misdeamenour. 1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 73 This respondent sais, that he & Margaret Alat were maried in Weuerham church. 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 224 If we respect the persons, they are both complainants, and respondents. 1697 J. Butler True State of Case 9 Now this Respondent being not naturally endowed with the gift of Continency from heaven, had license by God's Law to marry. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 250 The said A.B. Appellant to make Payment to the said D.E. and H.I. Respondents. 1788 P. Thicknesse Mem. & Anecd. II. 189 The case of the appellant and respondent. 1857 Act 20 & 21 Victoria c. 85 §28 The Court..may direct that the Person with whom the Husband is alleged to have committed adultery be made a Respondent. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxiii. 249 To crush to pieces the innocent respondent—that is the tyrant-fashion of relieving one's self in embarrassments. 1905 Times 2 Aug. 3/5 To the knowledge and by the procurement of the respondent a false case was..presented to the Court on behalf of the petitioner in the divorce proceedings. 1954 A. White Beyond Glass ii. i. 77 The squeaking of Mr. Ramsden's quill had inexorably transformed them into plaintiff and respondent in an undefended suit of nullity. 2004 Akron Law Rev. 37 605 On behalf of the State of Texas, I filed, pro bono, an amicus brief in support of the respondent. †3. A person who is answerable for another. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor borrowa1000 festermanOE inborghc1175 pledge1348 surety1428 warrant1478 soverty1517 creditor1523 cautionerc1565 warranter1583 caution1586 warranty1586 security1600 stipulator1610 engager1611 pawner1611 undertaker1616 bond1632 ensurer1654 cautionary1655 security man1662 voucher1667 warrantee1668 respondent1672 guarand1674 guarantee1679 guaranty1684 hypothecator1828 warrantor1850 guarantor1853 1672 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 517 I shall come away with so good a character from this place, that I shall not have shamed my respondent. †4. A word which rhymes with another. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [noun] > rhyme-word rhyme1577 catchworda1764 respondent1804 rhyme-word1832 1804 C. Smith Conversations II. 137 Some word of great force to close his couplet, to which there are not, perhaps, above two or three respondents. 5. Mathematics. Each of a tabulated series of numbers which result from applying a given function to a series of arguments, as in tables of logarithms, trigonometric functions, etc. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > table > result in respondent1888 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 7/1 In any table the results tabulated are termed the ‘tabular results’ or ‘respondents’, and the corresponding numbers by which the table is entered are termed the ‘arguments’. 1955 Math. Gaz. 39 303 Suppose that we have a table of nth powers, with arguments m..and respondents M = mⁿ. 6. Psychology. A response, esp. a conditioned reflex, to a specific stimulus. Contrasted with operant n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > stimulus-response > response > [noun] reaction1860 response1887 respondent1937 1937 B. F. Skinner in Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 16 274 It is a necessary recognition of the fact that in the unconditioned organism two kinds of behavior may be distinguished. There is, first, the kind of response that is made to specific stimulation... I shall refer to such a reflex as a respondent and use the term also as an adjective in referring to the behavior as a whole. 1940 E. R. Hilgard & D. G. Marquis Conditioning & Learning iii. 66 Respondents..are movements elicited by recognized stimuli. 2009 J. S. Vargas Behavior Anal. for Effective Teaching iii. 37 As a teacher, you cannot change inherited reflexes but you still have to deal with respondents that are learned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). respondentadj. Brit. /rᵻˈspɒnd(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈspɑnd(ə)nt/, /riˈspɑnd(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin respondent-, respondēns, respondēre. Etymology: < classical Latin respondent-, respondēns, present participle of respondēre respond v. Compare Old French respondent corresponding (c1270), Middle French respondent reciprocal (1561), French †respondant answering, replying (17th cent.), Spanish respondiente corresponding, replying (15th cent.), Italian rispondente , †rispondente corresponding, replying (a1320), uses as adjectives of the present participles of the verbs cited at respond v. Compare correspondent adj. †1. Correspondent; corresponding to something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] goodeOE rightOE queemlOE belonglOE behovingc1175 limplyc1200 tidefula1300 avenantc1300 mackc1330 worthy1340 hemea1350 convenientc1374 seemlya1375 shapelyc1374 ablea1382 cordant1382 meetc1385 accordable1386 accordinga1387 appurtenantc1386 pertinentc1390 accordanta1393 likea1393 setea1400 throa1400 agreeablec1425 habilec1425 suitly1426 competentc1430 suiting1431 fitc1440 proportionablec1443 justc1450 congruent?a1475 cordinga1475 congruec1475 afferant1480 belonging1483 cordable1485 hovable1508 attainanta1513 accommodate1525 agreeing1533 respondent1533 opportunate?1541 appropriate1544 commode1549 familiar1553 apt1563 pliant1565 liable1570 sortly1570 competible1586 sortable1586 fitty1589 accommodable1592 congruable1603 affining1606 feated1606 suity1607 reputable1611 suited1613 idoneousa1615 matchable1614 suitablea1616 congruous1631 fitten1642 responsal1647 appropriated1651 adapt1658 mack-like1672 squared1698 homogeneous1708 applicable1711 unforeign1718 fitted1736 congenial1738 assorted1790 accommodatable1874 OK1925 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xxi. 213 Þai thocht na thing mare respondent to resson and equite. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 24 The which..seemeth somwhat to be respondent to our holy sacred and christian religion. 1611 A. Hopton Speculum Topographicum To Math. Practizer sig. a2 If the angle..accord not Symmetrially to the respondent angles in the field. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 29 Seeing the even verges of the Lobes of the Seed hereto respondent. 1672 J. Flamsteed Let. 31 Jan. (1995) I. 130 I shall not faile..to doe my endeavour to make respondent observations. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 315 Well may this Palace admiration claim, Great, and respondent to the master's fame! 2. That makes a response or reply; answering. ΚΠ 1658 J. Quarles Hist. Most Vile Dimagoras i. 139 'Tis her pleasure you should be Respondent to some questions, which shall be Forth-with propos'd unto you. 1758 W. Woty Spouting-club 8 His roaring Voice Calls Eccho forth respondent. a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George III (1845) I. vi. 87 To hear the King's Speech, and the respondent Address read. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. ix. 502 Either amicable or adverse in relation to such respondent witness. 1835 Metrop. Mag. May 112 A great minister of Britain..should not merely keep himself on the respondent side; he should launch out on his opponents, and take the initiative. 1926 ‘H. Wade’ Verdict of you All (1932) 112 He rang a hand bell and gave the necessary instructions to the respondent clerk. 1989 R. M. Groves Surv. Errors & Surv. Costs vi. 272 Attitudes towards fertility, and demographic characteristics of the respondent women. 3. Law. That is the defendant in a lawsuit. Cf. respondent n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [adjective] > replying or defending respondent1726 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 67 It is necessary, That the Party Respondent should be present in Court. 1847 Law Reporter Feb. 509 The respondent party was summoned. 1899 Daily News 7 Jan. 4/5 Counsel representing the respondent magistrate. 1950 Stanford Law Rev. 3 8 The respondent judge defended on three grounds. 1996 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 2/8 A divorce where the respondent husband, or usually wife, can show that a divorce would cause ‘grave financial or other hardship’. 4. a. Responsive (to some influence). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operating or acting in return responsive1657 reacting1666 responding1670 reactive1717 respondent1726 retroactive1799 reactional1839 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxi. 49 The wards respondent to the key turn round. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 143 My heart is respondent only to softer emotions. 1792 C. Smith Desmond II. 143 Her heart finds respondent sentiments only in yours. 1867 H. Maudsley Physiol. & Pathol. of Mind 147 Many of the remaining actions..are really respondent to an idea or emotion. 1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) 81 Sensations are excited by impressions,..and respondent motions are called forth. 1906 Garden 3 Mar. 132/3 A hasty and ill-founded opinion has been formed that fruit trees are not respondent to manurial aid. 1917 E. A. Robinson Merlin vii. 156 Some quiet place where..cowherds may have more respondent ears Than kings and kingdom-builders. 1994 Educ. Assessment 2 86 A problem with using grades to control students occurs when students..are not respondent to punishment by their parents. b. Psychology. Involving or designating a response, esp. a conditioned reflex, to a specific stimulus; esp. in respondent conditioning. Contrasted with operant adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > stimulus-response > response > [adjective] respondent1937 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > accustomedness > action or fact of accustoming > to conditioned responses conditioning1920 respondent conditioning1937 1937 B. F. Skinner in Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 16 274 The distinction between operant and respondent behavior. 1940 Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. 26 267 It has often been recognized that a synthesis of operant and respondent conditioning would be desirable from the point of view of economy. 1974 H. W. Bernard Personality x. 241 Respondent conditioning can also be used as a therapeutic approach. 2008 Jrnl. Behavior Therapy & Exper. Psychiatry 39 100 [They] use a clever twist on the famous canines as their initial example of respondent conditioning: a child learns to salivate at the sight of her grandma's house after several pairings of visiting Grandma and eating freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1528adj.1533
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