react

Verb
Synonyms: respondoppose

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. show a response or a reaction to somethingSynonyms: respond
  2. act against or in opposition to“She reacts negatively to everything I say”Synonyms: oppose
  3. undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions“The hydrogen and the oxygen react”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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]

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