replying

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“replying” is listed under Reply.

Origin: 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 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.

Synonyms: To answer; respond; rejoin.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54