noun.
An answer; a response.
noun.
The act or power of answering, especially with fitness or conclusiveness.
noun.
That which is done for or in consequence of something else; an answer by deeds; a counter-attack: as, his reply was a blow.
noun.
In music, the answer of a fugue.
To fold back.
To return for an answer.
To make answer; answer; respond.
To do or give something in return for something else; make return or response; answer by suitable action; meet an attack: as, to reply to the enemy's fire.
In law, to answer a defendant's plea.