† surreˈply, n. Obs. rare.
[f. sur- + reply, after surrejoinder.]
An answer to a reply. So † surreˈply v., to answer to a reply.
| 1605 Z. Jones tr. Loyer's Specters 46 marg., A surreply to the former answered. 1650 Weldon Crt. Chas. I (1651) 187 Buckingham sur-replyed, Its false. 1683 E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 84 So haply you mai repli. But then, I fear, you may com with a surreplie, as hee did. |