(1):

(v. t.) To state in reply; - followed by an object clause.

(2):

(v. t.) To join again; to unite after separation.

(3):

(v. i.) To answer to a reply.

(4):

(v. i.) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

(5):

(v. t.) To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.