1 a reply or response, esp. a reply to an answer.
2 Law the plaintiff's reply to the defendant's plea.
3 a the act or an instance of copying. b a copy. c the process by which genetic material or a living organism gives rise to a copy of itself.
Etymology: ME f. OF replicacion f. L replicatio -onis (as REPLICATE)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.