re-act

American  

[ree-akt] / riˈækt /

verb (used with object)

1. to act or perform again.

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re-act British  

/ riːˈækt /

verb

1. (tr) to act or perform again

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Etymology

Origin of re-act

First recorded in 1650–60; re- + act

Example Sentences

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

From Economist • Jun. 1, 2012

Those men have assumed to re-act the farce of General Warrants, and to suppress, by their own authority, whatever publications they please.

From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Paine, Thomas

Suddenly, all the chilled and revolted energies of my passions seemed to re-act, and rush back upon me.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 483, April 2, 1831 by Various

God has ordained that the child should re-act on the parent in his riper years, that the daughter should become in her turn the counsellor and the confidant of her mother.

From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)

The scheme and the examples mutually act and re-act: the better the scheme, the more rapidly will the examples fructify; and the scheme will, in its turn, profit by the mastery of the details.

From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander