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Webster 1913 Edition


React

Re-act′

(rē-ăkt′)
,
Verb.
T.
To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact;
as, to
react
a play; the same scenes were
reacted
at Rome.

Re-act′

(rē̍-ăkt′)
,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


React

REACT'

,
Verb.
T.
[re and act.] To act or perform a second time; as, to react a play. The same scenes were reacted at Rome.

REACT'

, v.i.
1.
To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force. Every elastic body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
2.
To act in opposition; to resist any influence or power.

Definition 2024


reäct

reäct

See also: react

English

Verb

reäct (third-person singular simple present reäcts, present participle reäcting, simple past and past participle reäcted)

  1. Rare spelling of react.