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

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re-act

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

From Economist ● Jun. 1, 2012

By the time this vague suggestion had wavered into her consciousness, the strain of waiting and listening began to re-act on her temper.

From Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls by Julia Augusta Schwartz

That certain and cheap modes of transportation from all quarters of the State could not fail to re-act on the general prosperity of the city.

From The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South by Broadus Mitchell

Does thee not perceive that every novel and every poem carries to the parlor, or, if it please thee, to the theatre, an influence which will eventually re-act on the ballot-box.

From Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) by Julia Griffiths

Our inherited organisation inclines us to re-act in certain ways to certain stimuli because such reactions have been useful in the past in preserving our species.

From Human Nature in Politics Third Edition by Graham Wallas

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