[re.ply] vb re.plied ; re.ply.ing [ME replien, fr. MF replier to fold again, fr. L replicare to fold back, fr. re- + plicare to fold--more at ply] vi (14c) 1 a: to respond in words or writing b: echo, resound c: to make a legal replication
2: to do something in response; specif: to return gunfire or an attack ~ vt: to give as an answer syn see answer -- re.pli.er n
[2]reply n, pl replies (1560) 1: something said, written, or done in answer or response
2: replication 1b(2)