respond
Defined in 3 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 9601 — in this section (4 versions over time)
The terms "respond" or "response" means 2 remove, removal, remedy, and remedial action;,3 all such terms (including the terms "removal" and "remedial action") include enforcement activities related thereto.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
1. To make or file an answer to a blll, libel or appeal, in the character of a respondent, (q. v.)
2. To be llable or answerable; to make satisfaction or amends; as, to "respond in -damages."
2. To be llable or answerable; to make satisfaction or amends; as, to "respond in -damages."
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
To answer — a bill in equity, a libel in admiralty or in divorce, in an appeal taken to a higher court, etc. See Ee-