Archaic or obsolete: to reply or respond to something; to make an answer in return.
A compound verb formed from 'can' (to be able) plus 'reply' (to answer). This formation is archaic and rarely appears outside historical texts.
Words like 'canreply' show how English once freely combined verbs—modern English simplified this, but Middle English was playfully creative with word building.
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