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react
verb reacted, reacting
    intr
    1a. To act in response to something said or done, or to another person;
      Thesaurus: respond, reply, reciprocate, answer, counter, requite, offset.
      Form: react to something (chiefly)
      Form: react to someone
    intr
    1b. loosely
      To act or behave.
      Thesaurus: behave, function, act.
    intr
    2a. To respond to it in a way which shows dislike or disapproval;
      Form: react against something (usually)
    intr
    2b. To act in a contrary or opposing way.
      Form: react against something (usually)
    intr
    3. physics.
      To exert an equal force in the opposite direction.
    4. chem.
      To undergo or cause to undergo chemical change produced by a reagent.
    intr
    5. stock exchange.
      Said of share prices: to fall sharply after a rise.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin reagere, reactum, from agere to do or act.



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