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• react — v. 1 intr. (foll. by to) respond to a stimulus; undergo a change or show behaviour due to some influence (how did they react to the news?). 2 intr. (often foll. by against) be actuated by repulsion to; tend in a reverse or contrary direction. 3… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• react — /ree akt /, v.i. 1. to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech? 2. to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things. 3. to act in a reverse direction or manner, esp. so as to return to a prior… …   Universalium

• react — verb Etymology: New Latin reactus, past participle of reagere, from Latin re + agere to act more at agent Date: 1644 intransitive verb 1. to exert a reciprocal or counteracting force or influence often used with on or upon 2. to change in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• react — re•act [[t]riˈækt[/t]] v. i. 1) to act in response to an agent, influence, stimulus, etc.: to react to a drug; reacted to the noise by jumping[/ex] 2) to act reciprocally upon each other, as two things 3) to act in a reverse direction or manner,… …   From formal English to slang

• react — /riˈækt / (say ree akt) verb (i) 1. to act in return on an agent or influence; act reciprocally upon each other, as two things: to react to the government s new position. 2. to act in opposition, as against some force. 3. Physics to exert an… …  

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