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g, or the state of being mystied; also, something designed to, or that does, mystify. The reply of Pope seems very much as though he had been playing off a mystification on his Grace. De Quincey.

To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.] I must occur to one specious objection. Bentley.

t out funds. (e) To provoke, as by insult; to displease; to vex; as, he was put out by my reply. [Colloq.] (f) To protrude; to stretch forth; as, to put out the hand. (g) To publish; to make public; as, to put out a pamphlet. (h) To confuse; to disconcert; to interrupt; as, to put one out in reading or speaking. (i) (L…

Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.

To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.

An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs. The trembling trees, in every plain and wood, Her fate remurmur to the silver flood. Pope.

A smart, ready, and witty reply. Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee. Prior.

To reply. [Obs.]

An answer; a reply. Shak. Withouten any repplicacioun. Chaucer.

To write back; to write in reply. Ayliffe.

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent. I. Watts.

An answer or reply. Specifically:

To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply. Pope.

To speak in answer; to reply; to respond. He said, and thus the queen of heaven returned. Pope.

To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. Shak. To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies Milton.

; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply. Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it. Secker.

Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying. Who, for the poor renown of being smart Would leave a sting within a brother's heart Young. A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very smart. Addison.

Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish. The taunting address of a snappish missanthrope. Jeffrey. -- Snap"pish*ly, adv. -- Snap"pish*ness, n.