Antonyms for re-acting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ree-akt
Phonetic Transcription : riˈækt


Definition of re-acting

  • As in operate : verb perform, function
  • As in perform : verb carry out, accomplish
  • As in react : verb respond; conduct oneself
  • As in recoil : verb shrink away
  • As in reply : verb answer
  • As in respond : verb act in answer to something
  • As in return : verb go back, turn back
  • As in return : verb give back, send back
  • As in reverberate : verb vibrate in sound
  • As in revert : verb return to an earlier, less-developed condition
  • As in take : verb accept, adopt; use
  • As in behave : verb function
  • As in work : verb manipulate, operate
  • As in boomerang : verb backfire
  • As in acknowledge : verb verbally recognize receipt of something
  • As in redound : verb be deflected
  • As in act : verb behave in a certain way
  • As in recrudesce : verb return
  • As in reecho : verb echo
  • As in echo : verb repeat, copy
  • As in function : verb perform, work
Example sentences :
  • Was all that had occurred an empty dream, or was it the re-acting of a dreadful reality?
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Frolic » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • But, this did not prevent me from re-acting my coquetry the next time that the supposed rivals met in my presence.
  • Extract from : « Discipline » by Mary Brunton
  • It was now acting and re-acting on the lining of the serenader's olfactory organ in a manner to threaten final decapitation.
  • Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller
  • No milk from re-acting animals shall be shipped to the City of New York for any purpose whatever.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of dairy bacteriology » by H. L. Russell
  • No milk from re-acting animals shall be shipped to the City of New York for any purpose whatsoever.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of dairy bacteriology » by H. L. Russell
  • If we look at ourselves, as already pointed out, we see the two forces—the inner and the outer—acting and re-acting on each other.
  • Extract from : « Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure » by Edward Carpenter

Synonyms for re-acting

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