3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  React  \Re*act"\,  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  React  \Re*act"\,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  react 
  v  1:  show  a  response  or  a  reaction  to  something  [syn:  {respond}] 
  2:  act  against  or  in  opposition  to  "She  reacts  negatively  to 
  everything  I  say"  [syn:  {oppose}] 
  3:  undergo  a  chemical  reaction;  react  with  another  substance 
  under  certain  conditions;  "The  hydrogen  and  the  oxygen 
  react" 

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