Word Finder - replies

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A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.

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Something given in reply.

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A counterattack.

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The answer of a figure.

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A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer.

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To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.

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To act or gesture in response.

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Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.

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To repeat something back; to echo.

In this resolution the chamber took note of" the replies of the government, according to which the declarations contained in the letter of the 3rd of June do not constitute conditions but ` solemn recommendations,' while ` the convention of cession will have no other object than to effect the transference and define the measures for its accomplishment, and the Belgian legislature will regulate the regime of its colonial possessions in unrestricted liberty.'

The farmer replies, "You can't get there from here."

Many amusing stories are told of his replies to various deputations which waited upon him to ask for Grant's removal.

In the same year appeared Evanson's work entitled The Dissonance of the four generally received Evangelists, to which replies were published by Priestley and David Simpson (1793).

At the Post Office a record operator replies and takes particulars of the connexion, and these are entered upon a ticket.

The Comtist replies that the task is philosophic, and is not to be judged by the minute accuracies of science.

The arguments of the atomists, and their replies to the objections of Anaxagoras, are to be found in Lucretius.

In regard to the scope of the inquiry, it is recognized that much is practicable in a country where the agency of trained officials is employed throughout the operation which cannot be expected to be adequately recorded where the responsibility for the correctness of the replies is thrown upon the householder.

Sometimes quoting, sometimes paraphrasing, sometimes merely referring, he reproduces and replies to all Celsus's arguments.

In 1786 he published An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr Gibbon has assigned for the Rapid Growth of Christianity (Dutch translation, Utrecht, 1793), one of the most respectable of the very many replies which were made to the famous 15th and 16th chapters of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

The replies of the estates were delivered to the king at a subsequent session in congress.

It gave great offence, and several replies were immediately published.

Tertullian replies that " We must beware of giving the holy thing to dogs and of casting pearls before swine."

Tylor replies, " When the attention of a man in the myth-making stage of intellect is drawn to any phenomenon or custom which has to him no obvious reason, he invents and tells a story to account for it.

From the deluge of replies, they selected their amateur cinematographers from their positions on the seating charts.

And Roman, head of the witch's coven, replies proudly, He has his father's eyes.

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Clemens covered a good many quires of paper with caustic replies.

So far I've tried uk people finder, electoral role and genes reunited and am waiting for replies.

Email replies can also include a link to web self-help to continue trouble-shooting.

Then you might get replies from other than an Ancient Fire Dragon, who has a short fuse.

The first six replies carefully explained that you not have a snowball 's chance in hell of getting any satisfaction.

The replies were overwhelmingly supportive of the need for contact with other supervisors.

Dear Sir, I am so glad my letter sparked off such delightfully witty replies.

According to the latest reports, the spam zombies will scan inboxes, gather information and compose convincing replies to existing messages.

Perceval was a vigorous debater, specially excelling in replies, in which his thorough mastery of all the details of his subject gave him a great advantage.

A large tame snake with a false human head, wound round Alexander's body as he sat in a shrine in the temple, gave " autophones " or oracles unasked, but the usual methods practised were those of the numerous oracle-mongers of the time, of which Lucian gives a detailed account, the opening of sealed inquiries by heated needles, a neat plan of forging broken seals, and the giving of vague or meaningless replies to difficult questions, coupled with a lucrative blackmailing of those whose inquiries were compromising.

His Quesiti et invenzioni diverse, a collection of the author's replies to questions addressed to him by persons of the most varied conditions, was published in 1546, with a dedication to Henry VIII.

The Socinians embodied their tenets in the larger and smaller works drawn up by Fausto Sozzini and Schmalz, and published at Rakow in Poland in 1605; 2 modern Unitarians have modern catechisms. The Quakers or Friends possess a kind of catechism said to have been written by George Fox in 1660, in which father and son are respectively questioner and answerer, and an interesting work by Robert Barclay, in which texts of Scripture form the replies.

Again, Aristotle's early rhetorical instructions and perhaps writings, as well as his opinion that a collection of proverbs is not worth while, must have been known outside Aristotle's rhetorical school to the orator Cephisodorus, pupil of Isocrates and master of Demosthenes, for him to be able to write in his Replies to Aristotle (E) Ta?s irpos 'Apio-ToM?nv avTCypacais) an admired defence of Isocrates (Dionys.

Buddha replies by explaining to them the principles of his new gospel, in the form of noble truths, and the Noble Eightfold Path (see Buddhism).

The emissaries, who themselves did not know the correct answer, were to bring the replies of the oracles back to the king.

Helen wrote letters to the newspapers which brought many generous replies.

They hardly gave one another time to ask questions and give replies concerning a thousand little matters which could not interest anyone but themselves.

Now I recalled every detail of that meeting and in my mind gave him the most malevolent and bitter replies.

To this, modern history laboriously replies either that Napoleon was a great genius, or that Louis XIV was very proud, or that certain writers wrote certain books.

As soon as historians of different nationalities and tendencies begin to describe the same event, the replies they give immediately lose all meaning, for this force is understood by them all not only differently but often in quite contradictory ways.

It is the fool that replies, 'I do n't want to get rich.

Awaiting replies from all partner sites before revised subcontracts can be sent out.

Tho it seems at mo Stallman is only just finding time to do quick replies to emails as he is touring.

We received 110 detailed replies and are very grateful for the valuable comments and suggestions made.

We had 1999 replies with a 69.5% response rate.

So far I 've tried uk people finder, electoral role and genes reunited and am waiting for replies.

These replies come to us due to spoofed attacks using our addresses.

In fact it allows the system to operate even if no transponder replies are detected at the surface at all.

We are will waiting for final replies from partner sites, specifically Aberystwyth.

After a few weeks of fine tuning, you could be getting more replies than you know what to do with.

Take some time to get to know the types of topics and replies which are posted on a forum.

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For instance, when Rock Lee faces off against Sakura, he says, "If I win, you must go on a date with me," and she replies, "Nooooo waaaaay!"