| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·ply |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -pl  |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: re·plied, re·ply·ing, re·plies
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 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 replic re, to fold back. See replicate. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·plier —NOUN
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