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React

//ɹiːˈækt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An emoji used to express a reaction to a post on social media. Internet

    "Sad reacts only"

Verb
  1. 1
    To act in response. intransitive

    "How did she react to the news?"

  2. 2
    undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions wordnet
  3. 3
    To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact. archaic, transitive

    "It is somewhat extraordinary, that the offence for which James II, was expelled, that of setting up power by assumption, should be re-acted, under another shape and form, by the parliament that expelled him."

  4. 4
    show a response or a reaction to something wordnet
  5. 5
    To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force intransitive

    "Every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state."

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  1. 6
    act against or in opposition to wordnet
  2. 7
    To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition. intransitive
  3. 8
    To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another. transitive
  4. 9
    To post a reaction (icon or emoji indicating how one feels about a posted message). Internet, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + act. Piecewise doublet of redact.

Etymology 2

From re- + act. Piecewise doublet of redact.

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