What is to return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state called?
react — To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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