"react" Definition

Definitions for the word "react" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v.
1 (often foll. By to) respond to a stimulus; change or behave differently due to some influence (reacted badly to the news). 2 (often foll. By against) respond with repulsion to; tend in a reverse or contrary direction. 3 (foll. By with) (of a substance or particle) be the cause of chemical activity or interaction with another (nitrous oxide reacts with the metal). 4 (foll. By with) cause (a substance) to react with another.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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