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Definitions of reply

1. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

2. reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

3. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

4. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer. Webster Dictionary DB

5. To answer a defendant's plea. Webster Dictionary DB

6. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery. Webster Dictionary DB

7. To return for an answer. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

8. That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response. Webster Dictionary DB

9. Something spoken, written, or done in return for something that calls for it; an answer; a response. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

10. To say or write something in answer; rejoin; to do something in return for something; respond. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

11. To say in answer. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

12. Replied. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

13. Replying. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

14. To answer:- pa.t. and pa.p. replied. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

15. An answer. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

16. Replier. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

17. To answer; respond. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

18. To say or do in return; make a reply; answer. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

19. Something uttered, written, or done in return; an answer. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

20. That which is said, written, or done, in answer; a book or pamphlet written in reply to another. See Replica. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

21. To make answer in words or writing; to answer in any way; to answer a defendant's plea. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

22. To make a return in words or in writing to something which has been said or written by another; to answer; to respond. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

23. An answer; that which is said or written in answer to another. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

24. r[=e]-pl[=i]', v.t. to fold back: to answer.--v.i. to make response: to meet an attack, as to reply to the enemy's fire-- (law) to a defendant's plea.--n. an answer: the power of answering: a counter-attack: (mus.) the answer of a figure.--ns. REP'LICANT; REPLIC[=A]'TION, a reply: repetition: (law) the plaintiff's answer to a plea.--adj. REPLIC[=A]'TIVE. [O. Fr. replier--L. replic[=a]re, re-, back, plic[=a]re, to fold.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683

25. Make answer, respond, in word or action (to; abs., that &c., or parenth.; rose to r. for the ladies, represent them in returning thanks for toast; the batteries replied to our fire; he replied that I must please myself; \'Please yourself\' he replied); (n.) act of replying (what he says in r.), what is replied, response. [old French] Concise Oxford Dictionary

26. (of telegram) with cost of r. prepaid by sender. Concise Oxford Dictionary

27. n. That which is said or written in answer to what is said or written by another; rejoinder; response. Cabinet Dictionary