react
verb
[ rɪˈakt ]
• act in response to something; respond in a particular way.
• "he reacted angrily to the news of his dismissal"
Similar:
behave,
act,
take it,
conduct oneself,
proceed,
respond,
reply,
answer,
retaliate,
comport oneself,
rebel against,
oppose,
revolt against,
rise up against,
• interact and undergo a chemical or physical change.
• "the sulphur in the coal reacts with the limestone during combustion"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from re- (expressing intensive force or reversal) + act, originally suggested by medieval Latin react- ‘done again’, from the verb reagere .
