- to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond: to reply to a question.
- to respond by some action, performance, etc.: to reply to the enemy's fire.
- to return a sound; echo; resound.
- to answer a defendant's plea.
- to return as an answer (usually used in a negative combination or followed by a clause with that): Not a syllable did he reply. He replied that no one would go.
- an answer or response in words or writing.
- a response made by some action, performance, etc.
- to make answer (to) in words or writing or by an action; respond
- to say (something) in answer
- to answer a defendant's plea
- to return (a sound); echo
- an answer made in words or writing or through an action; response
- the answer made by a plaintiff or petitioner to a defendant's case
