Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-PLY', v.i. [Fr. repliquer; L. replico; re and plico, to fold, that is, to turn or send to; It. replicare; Sp. replicar. See Apply, Employ and Ply.]

1. To answer; to make a return in words or writing, to something said or written by another. O man, who art thou that repliest against God. – Rom. ix.
2. In law, to answer a defendant's plea. The defendant pleads in bar to the plaintif's declaration; the plaintif replies to the defendant's plea in bar.