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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 state2.
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.
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.