Definition of react

• 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.
• 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 impels it from its natural state.
• v. i. - To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.