v.
    - respond to something in a particular way. ▸
(react against)
 respond with hostility or a contrary course of action to. 
- suffer from adverse physiological effects after ingesting, breathing, or touching a substance.
- Chemistry  & Physics  interact and undergo a chemical or physical change.
- Stock Exchange  (of share prices) fall after rising.
Etymology
  C17: from re- + act, orig. suggested by med. L. react-, reagere ‘do again’.