Hypertext Webster Gateway: "react"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
react
v 1: show a response or a reaction to something [syn: {respond}]
2: undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance
under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen
react"
3: act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to
everything I say" [syn: {oppose}]
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