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.
Re*ply", v. t. To return for an answer. Milton.
Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply.
Shak.
Re*ply", n.; pl. Replies (-pl&?;z"). [See Reply, v. i., and cf.
Replica.] That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is
said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
Syn. -- Answer; rejoinder; response. -- Reply, Rejoinder, Answer. A
reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech
or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a
protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two
senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as,
the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and
satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak
of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent.
Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we
say. "This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;" "It answers
the purpose."
Re*ply"er (-?r), n. See Replier. Bacon.
Re*pol"ish (r?-p?l"?sh), v. t. To polish again.
Re*pone" (r?-p?n"), v. t. [L. reponere; pref. re- re- + ponere to
place.] To replace. R. Baillie.
Re*pop`u*la"tion (r?*p?p`?*l?"sh?n), n. The act of repeopling; act of
furnishing with a population anew.
Re*port" (r?-p?rt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reported; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reporting.] [F. reporter to carry back, carry (cf. rapporter; see
Rapport), L. reportare to bear or bring back; pref. re- re- + portare
to bear or bring. See Port bearing, demeanor.] 1. To refer. [Obs.]
Baldwin, his son, . . . succeeded his father; so like unto him that
we report the reader to the character of King Almeric, and will
spare the repeating his description.
Fuller.
2. To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as
what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or
investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen
or ascertained; the committee reported progress.
There is no man that may reporten all.
Chaucer.
3. To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as
a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported. Shak.
It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou
and the Jews think to rebel.
Neh. vi. 6.
4. To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports
the receipts and expenditures.
5. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. [Obs. or R.] "A church with
windows only from above, that reporteth the voice thirteen times."
Bacon.
6. (Parliamentary Practice) To return or present as the result of an
examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the
committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill,
or reported the results of an inquiry.
7. To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to
write down from the lips of a speaker.
8. To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to
report a public celebration or a horse race.
9. To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable
sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.
To be reported, or To be reported of, to be spoken of; to be mentioned,
whether favorably or unfavorably. Acts xvi. 2. -- To report one's self,
to betake one's self, as to a superior or one to whom service is due,
and be in readiness to receive orders or do service.
Syn. -- To relate; narrate; tell; recite; describe.
Re*port" (r?-p?rt"), v. i. 1. To make a report, or response, in respect
of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as,
the committee will report at twelve o'clock.
2. To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a
meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
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3. To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom
service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service;
also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as,
the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by
letter.
Re*port" (r*prt"), n. [Cf. F. rapport. See Report.v. t.] 1. That which
is reported. Specifically: (a) An account or statement of the results
of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation. "From
Thetis sent as spies to make report." Waller. (b) A story or statement
circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and
of thy wisdom.