See Also: reply(1)(dictionary)
reply(2)(dictionary)
Reply(law)
reply 1, verb(dictionary)
reply 2, noun(dictionary)
reply-paid(dictionary)

reply(2) (iou)



reply verb. LME.
[Old French replier from Latin replicare: see REPLICATE verb.]
I.
verb intrans. Answer or respond in words or writing. Freq. foll. by to. LME.
M. Pattison Milton replies to these..charges by a lengthy account. W. Styron I thought I would..reply to my father's letter.
b. Respond by a gesture or action; return gunfire. E19.
Daily News Lancashire scored 189..Somersetshire..replied with 90 for three.
verb intrans. & trans. Return or re-echo (a sound). poet. LME.
Tennyson Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying.
verb intrans. Respond to an answer; spec. in Law, answer a defendant's plea, make a replication. LME.
verb trans. Return as an answer; say in reply (that). Also with direct speech as obj. LME.
T. Hardy When questioned she..replied that she was..well.
II.
verb trans. Fold or bend back. rare. LME-L16.
verb trans. Repeat. rare. LME-L16.
replier noun a person who replies LME.