0 past simple and past participle of riposte
1 to make a riposte:
[ + that ] She simply riposted that she did not create the book for the scientific community.
[ + speech ] "What about you?" she ripostes. "Is your life perfect?"
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.