资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reply \Re*ply"\ (r?-pl?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Replied}
   (-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Replying}.] [OE. replien, OF.
   replier, F. r['e]pliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make
   a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf.
   {Replica}.]
   1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to
      answer.

            O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
                                                  --Rom. ix. 20.

   2. (Law) To answer a defendant's plea.

   3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something
      done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a
      battery.

   Syn: To answer; respond; rejoin.