4. A repetition; a copy.

Farrar.

Syn. -- Answer; response; reply; rejoinder.

Re*pli"er (r?-pl?"?r), n. One who replies. Bacon.

||Re"plum (r?"pl?m), n. [L., doorcase.] (Bot.) The framework of some

||pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off. Gray.

Re*ply" (r?-pl?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Replied (-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb.

n. Replying.] [OE. replien, OF. replier, F. répliquer, 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.

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