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prolix | react |

As an adjective prolix

is tediously lengthy.

As a verb react is

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prolix

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tediously lengthy.
  • * 1843, "Bossi—Necrologia G. C. Leonardo Sismondi.", vol. LXXII, issue CXLIV, p. 333,
    • People who have blamed [Jean Charles Léonard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy.
  • Tending to use big or obscure words, which few understand.

    • Synonyms

    * (tediously lengthy) bombastic, long-winded, verbose, wordy * See also

    Antonyms

    * (tediously lengthy) concise, terse

    react

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
    • to react''' a play; the same scenes were '''reacted at Rome
  • 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.
  • To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.

    • Derived terms

    * reactive * reactor

    Related terms

    * interreact, interreaction

    Anagrams

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