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1.                 From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   RESPOND, v.i.  To make answer, or disclose otherwise a consciousness
   of having inspired an interest in what Herbert Spencer calls "external
   coexistences," as Satan "squat like a toad" at the ear of Eve,
   responded to the touch of the angel's spear.  To respond in damages is
   to contribute to the maintenance of the plaintiff's attorney and,
   incidentally, to the gratification of the plaintiff.