react (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[react 词源字典]
1640s, "to exert, as a thing acted upon, an opposite action upon the agent," from re- + act (v.). Chemical sense is from 1944. Related: Reacted; reacting (1610s). For sense development, see reaction. Meaning "perform again" (often re-act) is from 1650s.[react etymology, react origin, 英语词源]