1. To give an answer in speech or writing. 2. To respond by an action or gesture. 3. To echo. 4. To return gunfire or an attack: The big guns replied.5.Law To respond to a defendant's plea.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
To say or give as an answer: I replied that I was unable to help them. See synonyms at answer.
NOUN:
Inflected forms: pl. re·plies 1. A response in speech or writing. 2. A response by an action or gesture. 3.Law A plaintiff's formal response in answer to that of a defendant.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English replien, from Old French replier, from Latin replicre, to fold back. See replicate.
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re, to fold back. See replicate.
