[syn: react, oppose]
3. undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions;
- Example: "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
React \Re*act"\ (r[=e]*[a^]kt"), v. 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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
React \Re*act"\ (r[-e]*[a^]kt"), 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a
reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in
opposition.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
react
v 1: show a response or a reaction to something [syn: react,
respond]
2: act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to
everything I say" [syn: react, oppose]
3: undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance
under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"