Reply is defined as to speak or write a response to something.
(verb)An example of to reply is to RSVP to a wedding.
The definition of a reply is a written or verbal response to something.
(noun)An example of a reply is an answer to a question.
See reply in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb replied, replying
Origin: ME replyen < OFr replier < L replicare, to fold back, make a reply < re-, back + plicare, to fold: see ply
transitive verb
noun pl. replies
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See reply in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb re·plied, re·ply·ing, re·plies verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English replien
Origin: , from Old French replier
Origin: , from Latin replicāre, to fold back; see replicate
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