† surreplyn.
Obsolete. rare.
An answer to a reply.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > an answer, response > to an answer
replication1461
rejoinder?1552
reply1562
counter-answer1581
surreply1605
1605 Z. Jones tr. P. le Loyer Treat. Specters 46 (margin) A surreply to the former answered.
1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 84 So haply you mai repli. But then, I fear, you may com with a surreplie, as hee did.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > send answer in return > in rebuttal
agiveOE
retort?1567
rejoin1601
surreply1650
counter-puffa1658
riposte1851
surrebut1866
1650 A. Weldon Court of King Charles (1651) 187 Buckingham sur-replyed, Its false.
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