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re-act

  [ree-akt]
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–verb (used with object)
to act or perform again.
Origin:
1650–60; re- + act

re⋅act

  [ree-akt]
–verb (used without object)
1. to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
2. to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things.
3. to act in a reverse direction or manner, esp. so as to return to a prior condition.
4. to act in opposition, as against some force.
5. to respond to a stimulus in a particular manner: reacting to a shock by jumping; to react to the word “coward” with anger.
6. to undergo a chemical reaction.
Origin:
1635–45; re- + act, prob. modeled on ML reagere
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re·act   (rē-ākt')   
v.   re·act·ed, re·act·ing, re·acts

v.   intr.
  1. To act in response to or under the influence of a stimulus or prompting: reacted strongly to the sarcastic tone of the memorandum.
  2. To act in opposition to a former condition or act: composers who reacted against romanticism.
  3. To act reciprocally or in return.
  4. Chemistry To undergo a reaction: Methane reacts with hydroxyl to produce formaldehyde.
v.   tr. Chemistry
To cause (a substance or substances) to undergo a reaction.
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React

Re*act"\, v. t. To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

React

Re*act"\, v. i. 1. To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.

2. To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
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Language Translation for : react
Spanish: reaccionar,
German: reagieren,
Japanese: 反応する
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Main Entry: re·act
Pronunciation: rE-'akt
Function: intransitive verb
1 : to respond to a stimulus
2 : to undergochemical reaction react transitive senses
: to cause to react <react a base and an acid to form a salt>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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react re·act (rē-ākt')
v. re·act·ed, re·act·ing, re·acts

  1. To act in response to a stimulus.
  2. To undergo a chemical reaction.

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