repleuvoir, v.i., to rain again.
repli, n.m., fold; plait; crease; recess; winding, sinuosity; turning; coil. Les —s du serpent; the coils of the serpent. Les plis et les —s du cœur humain; the inmost, or innermost, recesses of the human heart.
repliement or reploiement, n.m., (milit.) falling back.
replier, v.a., to fold again, to fold up again; to wind, to twist, to writhe, to coil; (milit.) to force back; to draw back.
se replier, v.r., to twist one’s self, to wind one’s self, to fold one’s self, to writhe; to turn, to turn up; to bend up; to wind, to coil; (milit.) to fall back, to retreat. Se — sur soi-même; to turn one’s thoughts inwardly, to retire within one’s self; to meditate, to commune with one’s self; (man.) to turn suddenly round.
réplique, n.f., reply, answer; rejoinder; (mus.) repeat; (thea.) cue. Donner la —; to give a person his cue. Avoir la —; to have the last say.
répliquer, v.a. and n., to reply, to answer; to rejoin, to return, to retort; (jur.) to reply, to rejoin, to put in a rejoinder.
reploiement, n.m. V. repliement.
replonger, v.a., to plunge again, to dip again, to duck again, to re-immerse, to immerse again.
se replonger, v.r., to plunge anew, to plunge one’s self again, to dive into again.