D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

React

/(rē*ăkt")/ · Re·act · IPA /ɹiːˈækt/
01 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.
  1. 1.
    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.
02 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 impel…
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.