About The Word Enact
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Enact
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What's The Definition Of Enact?
[v] act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
[v] order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews" Synonyms | Synonyms for Enact: act out | ordain | reenact Related Terms | Find terms related to Enact: accomplish | achieve | act | act a part | act as | act out | affect | ape | attain | authorize | betoken | brandish | breathe | bring about | bring forth | bring forward | bring into view | bring out | bring to notice | carry through | command | compass | complete | conduct | constitute | consummate | cope with | copy | create a role | dangle | deal with | declare lawful | decree | demonstrate | depict | develop | discharge | disclose | discourse | dispatch | display | dispose of | divulge | do | do the job | do the trick | dramatize | effect | effectuate | embody | enact laws | establish | evidence | evince | execute | exhibit | expose to view | express | fetch | filibuster | flaunt | flourish | formulate | fulfill | get the floor | give sign | give token | handle | have the floor | highlight | illuminate | impersonate | incarnate | indicate | institute | kill | knock off | legalize | legislate | legitimate | legitimatize | legitimize | lobby through | logroll | make | make a regulation | make clear | make legal | make plain | manage | manifest | masquerade as | materialize | mean | mime | mimic | ordain | order | pantomime | parade | pass | pass for | perform | personate | pigeonhole | play | play a part | play a role | play opposite | playact | pocket | polish off | portray | pose as | prescribe | present | pretend to be | proclaim | produce | put away | put in force | put through | railroad through | ratify | realize | regulate | represent | reveal | roll logs | roll out | rule | sanction | set forth | show | show forth | spotlight | succeed | support | sustain a part | table | take a part | take care of | take off | take the floor | token | transact | trot out | turn the trick | unfold | validate | veto | wave | work | work out | yield the floor See Also | act | decree | legislate | pass | play | reenact | represent Enact In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]
The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak.
3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak.
{Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally
expresses the legislative sanction.
\En*act"\, n. Purpose; determination. [Obs.] |
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