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intransitive verb replied, replying

  1. to answer, or respond, in speech or writing
  2. to respond by some action: to reply to the enemy's fire with a barrage
  3. to echo
  4. Law to answer a defendant's plea

transitive verb

to say in answer: she replied that she disapproved

noun pl. replies

  1. an answer, or response, in speech or writing
  2. a response by some action
  3. Law the plaintiff's answer to the defendant's plea; specif., the answer to a counterclaim

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