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

A similar arrangement was enacted when the board awarded Musk 96 million shares in August.

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California enacted its second bill in recent days restricting private-equity healthcare deals, creating what are likely to be the most significant of a wave of new state laws to check corporate investment in medicine.

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According to the White House, the bill “contains the most important America First healthcare reforms ever enacted.”

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But three years ago, a prolonged rain famine prompted the city to start enacting water restrictions, and the situation has kept getting worse.

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If enacted, the 100% tariffs would represent one of the harshest trade penalties ever imposed between the world’s two largest economies — and could redefine the trajectory of U.S.–China relations for years to come.

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Related Words

• accomplish 
• appoint 
• decree 
• determine 
• establish 
• execute 
• formulate 
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• pass 
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