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Meaning of 'enact' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Enact [ n.]
- Purpose; determination.
2 . Enact [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
- To act the part of; to represent; to play.

Meaning of 'enact' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . enact [ v]
Meaning (1):
- act out; represent or perform as if in a play
Example in sentence:
  • She reenacted what had happened earlier that day
Meaning (2):
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree
Example in sentence:
  • The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews;
  • the legislature enacted this law in 1985

Nearby Words:

enable enabled enablement enabling enacted enacting enactive enactment enactor enacture

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