To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer. O man, who art thou that repliest against God Rom. ix. 20.
To answer a defendant's plea.
Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
To return for an answer. Milton. Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply. Shak.
That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
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