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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reply \Re*ply"\, verb (used with an object) To return for an answer. --Milton.
Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reply \Re*ply"\, noun; pl. {Replies} (-pl?z"). [See {Reply}, v. i., and cf. {Replica}.] That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
Syn: Answer; rejoinder; response.
Usage: {Reply}, {Rejoinder}, {Answer}. A reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we say. "This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;" "It answers the purpose."
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Reply \Re*ply"\ (r?-pl?"), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Replied} (-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Replying}.] [OE. replien, OF. replier, F. r['e]pliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf. {Replica}.]
1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
O man, who art thou that repliest against God? --Rom. ix. 20.
2. (Law) To answer a defendant's plea.
3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
Syn: To answer; respond; rejoin.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" [syn: {answer}, {reply}, {response}]
2: the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" [syn: {reply}, {response}]
verb
1: react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" [syn: {answer}, {reply}, {respond}]
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