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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reply  \Re*ply"\  (r?-pl?"),  v.  i.  [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.




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