re-act

American

[ree-akt] / riˈækt /

verb (used with object)

to act or perform again.

re-act British

/ riːˈækt /

verb

(tr) to act or perform again

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Etymology

Origin of re-act

First recorded in 1650–60; re- + act

Example Sentences

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I thank you Firozali A.Mulla DBA and we were too slow to re-act.

From Economist • Jun. 1, 2012

Some women act and re-act perpetually between these two extremes.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

Elementary carbon is found in nature in three different forms, but these all re-act chemically in the same way.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

We believe it to be a direct attack upon individual liberty, and an evil that will re-act upon those who attempt to establish it.

From 30,000 Locked Out. The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago. by Beeks, James C.

Even on Sunday as they rode away to church, they were too tired and too worried to re-act to the beauties of the landscape.

From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

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