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reacts

[ree-akt]

re-act

[ree-akt]
verb (used with object)
to act or perform again.

Origin:
1650–60; re- + act

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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, especially 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.
EXPAND
6.
to undergo a chemical reaction.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1635–45; re- + act, probably modeled on Medieval Latin reagere
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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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