[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reply \reply"\ r?-pl?", v. i. imp.  p. p. replied
   -pl?d"; p. pr.  vb. n. replying. oe. replien, of.
   replier, f. r'epliquer, 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.
      1913 webster

            o man, who art thou that repliest against god?
                                                  --rom. ix. 20.
      1913 webster

   2. law to answer a defendant's plea.
      1913 webster

   3. figuratively, to do something in return for something
      done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a
      battery.
      1913 webster

   syn: to answer; respond; rejoin.
        1913 webster
see also:
replied replying ply replica 

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