enact

[en-akt]

verb (used with object)

1. to make into an act or statute.

   Congress has enacted a new tax law.

2. to represent on or as on the stage; act the part of.

   to enact Hamlet.

enact

/ ɪnˈækt /

verb

1. to make into an act or statute

2. to establish by law; ordain or decree

3. to represent or perform in or as if in a play; to act out

Other Word Forms

• enactable adjective
• enactor noun
• preenact verb (used with object)
• reenact verb (used with object)
• unenacted adjective
• well-enacted adjective
• enactive adjective
• enactment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of enact¹

First recorded in 1375–1425, enact is from the late Middle English word enacten. See en- ¹, act

Example Sentences

But countries were forced to enact structural reforms like raising retirement ages, streamlining bureaucracy, privatizing industries and overhauling labor laws.

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Publicly, the president has threatened to pull billions in federal funding from New York City if Mamdani is elected and enacts policies the White House doesn’t like.

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Violence, enacted as retaliation for the cruelty dealt by the hands of the rich and powerful, momentarily levels the playing field.

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Opponents of the proposition have focused on the mechanics of redistricting, arguing the ballot measure subverts the will of California voters who enacted the independent redistricting commission more than a decade ago.

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Judges who cite dictionaries are “not ceding power to lexicographers,” he argued, but simply giving appropriate heft to the text enacted by Congress.

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Related Words

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• decree 
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