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Main Entry: ¹re·ply
Pronunciation: ri-'plI
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): re·plied; re·ply·ing
Etymology: Middle English replien to fold back, oppose, respond, from Anglo-French replier, from Latin replicare to fold back, make a legal replication, from re- + plicare to fold -- more at PLY
intransitive verb
1 a : to respond in words or writing b : ECHO, RESOUND c : to make a legal replication
2 : to do something in response; specifically : to return gunfire or an attack
transitive verb : to give as an answer
- re·pli·er /-'plI(-&)r/ noun