answer, reply, respond
(verb) react verbally; “She didn’t want to answer”; “answer the question”; “We answered that we would accept the invitation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
replied
simple past tense and past participle of reply
• periled, repiled
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ply" (r-pl"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Replied (-pld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Replying.] Etym: [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.
2. (Law)
Definition: 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.
Re*ply", v. t.
Definition: To return for an answer. Milton. Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply. Shak.
Re*ply", n.; pl. Replies (-pl. Etym: [See Reply, v. i., and cf. Replica.]
Definition: 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."
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
