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

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.

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 Schwartz, Julia Augusta

This developed magnetism will re-act upon a coil of wire, and so move a galvanometer needle.

From The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action by Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson)

When the ordinary voltaic battery is brought into action, its very activity produces certain effects, which re-act upon it, and cause serious deterioration of its power.

From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael