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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reply  \Re*ply"\,  n.;  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.'' 




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