1. REPARTEE, N.
********************************************************************************
1. A ready, witty, or smart reply; a quick and clever retort.

    2. Without article: Sharpness or wit in sudden reply; such replies
collectively; the practice or faculty of uttering them.

2. REPARTEE, V.
********************************************************************************
1. a. intr. To make witty or smart replies. Also const. to. Now rare.

    {dag}b. To retort upon a person. (Cf. next.) Obs.{em}1

    {dag}2. trans. To say by way of repartee or retort. Also const. upon.
Obs.

    {dag}3. To answer (a person or something said) with a repartee or
retort. Obs. rare.

    Hence repar{sm}teeing vbl. n.