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Reply   /rɪplˈaɪ/  /riplˈaɪ/   Listen
noun
Reply  n.  (pl. replies)  That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
Synonyms: Answer; rejoinder; response. 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."



verb
Reply  v. t.  To return for an answer. "Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply."



Reply  v. i.  (past & past part. replied; pres. part. replying)  
1.
To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer. "O man, who art thou that repliest against God?"
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.
Synonyms: To answer; respond; rejoin.






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"Reply" Quotes from Famous Books



... talent. He therefore neglected no opportunity of announcing Christ. The king, being informed that he still preached the faith in his kingdom, ordered him to be apprehended; but the martyr made no other reply to his threats than by putting this question to the king: What opinion he would have of any of his subjects who should renounce his allegiance to him, and join in war against him. The enraged tyrant caused reeds to be run in between the nails and the flesh both of his hands ...
— The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - January, February, March • Alban Butler

... obvious means, and keep tradition up Of free assemblages, else obsolete, In this poor chamber: nor without effect Has friend met friend to counsel and confirm, As, listening to the beats of England's heart, We spoke its wants to Scotland's prompt reply By these her delegates. Remains alone That word grow deed, as with God's help it shall— But with the devil's hindrance, who doubts too? Looked we or no that tyranny should turn Her engines of oppression to their use? Whereof, suppose ...
— Browning's England - A Study in English Influences in Browning • Helen Archibald Clarke

... from the gentleman mentioned at the close of the last chapter, with Mrs. Boardman's reply, we will give entire, as they exhibit at once her firmness of principle, and the high respect she commanded from the European residents in ...
— Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons • Arabella W. Stuart

... to kiss the bride; every one looked at every other one, as if he had for the moment forgotten what he was on the point of saying and found it very annoying; and Janet signed frantically to Willie Todd, who nodded intelligently in reply, but evidently had no idea what she meant. In time Johnny Allardice, our host, who became more and more doited as the night proceeded, remembered his instructions, and led the way to the kitchen, where ...
— Auld Licht Idylls • J. M. Barrie

... Her aloof reply disconcerted him. Her attitude was spontaneous, unaffected, and hence unconsciously one of polite indifference. Suddenly Gratton, fume as he would, had become of not the ...
— The Everlasting Whisper • Jackson Gregory


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