1. One who reaches.
2. An exaggeration. [Obs.] Fuller.
REACHLESS
Reach"less, a.
Defn: Being beyond reach; lofty.
Unto a reachless pitch of praises hight. Bp. Hall.
REACT
Re*act", v. t.
Defn: To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
REACT
Re*act", v. i.
1. 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.
2. To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
REACTANCE
Re*act"ance, n. [React + -ance.] (Elec.)