[syn: enact, reenact, act out]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enact \En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Enacting.]
1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to
make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative
act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity
of law.
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2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]
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The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak.
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3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
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I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak.
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Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally
expresses the legislative sanction.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Enact \En*act"\, n.
Purpose; determination. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
enact
v 1: order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King
ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the
legislature enacted this law in 1985" [syn: ordain,
enact]
2: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted
what had happened earlier that day" [syn: enact, reenact,
act out]