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Sarkozy threatened the pirates with a military respond from the French Navy similar like the one he launched to save his citizens before while the Egyptian Foreign ministry is speaking about negotiations and ransoms!!

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  1. intransitive verb To make a reply; answer. See Synonyms at answer.
  2. intransitive verb To act in return or in answer.
  3. intransitive verb To react positively or favorably: The patient has responded rapidly to the treatment.

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  1. Middle English responden, from Old French respondre, from Latin respondēre : re-, re- + spondēre, to promise; see spend- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French respondre, respundre, French répondre =Provencal respondre =Spanish Portuguese responder =Italian respondere, rispondere, from Latin respondere, past participle responsus, answer, from re-, again, back, + spondere, past participle sponsus, promise: see sponsor. Cf. despond, correspond.
  2. from Middle English responde, respounde, respowne, respon; from the verb.
 

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