[1650–60; re- + act]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: agency, oscillation, profile, romantic, tripletre- is a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning“again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or“backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion. Other words that use the affixre- include: refurbish, regenerate, retrace, retype, revert