Definition of reply

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Reply (v. i.) To answer a defendant's plea.

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Occur :: Occur (v. i.) To go in order to meet; to make reply.
Repartee :: Repartee (n.) A smart, ready, and witty reply..
Response :: Response (n.) Reply to an objection in formal disputation.
Tart :: Tart (v. t.) Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke..
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself..
Adroit :: Adroit (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply..
Replyer :: Replyer (n.) See Replier.
Retort :: Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
Squeteague :: Squelch (n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply..
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent..
Surrein :: Surrebuter (n.) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Replication :: Replication (n.) An answer; a reply.
Reply :: Reply (v. i.) Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery..
Rejoinder :: Rejoinder (n.) An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply..
Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying..
Answer :: Answer (n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply..
Response :: Response (n.) An answer or reply.
Surrejoinder :: Surrejoin (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder..
Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Sour :: Sour (superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply..
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