enact
verb (used with object)
to make into an act or statute.
enacted
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past participleof enact.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof enact.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
enactverb (used with object)to make into an act or statute.
Example Sentences
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Singapore enacted the Transboundary haze Pollution Act in 2014, after a severe pollution episode in 2013.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
In July, she enacted a three-year pause on any new tax break given to a company for a data centres project.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
In other instances, such as in Louisiana, an AI law was enacted after the ad aired.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026
Patriotism as enacted by the creative community takes the American experiment seriously enough to question, examine, remember what we’ve forgotten and catalyze collective American dreaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
My heart goes out to all of us who in those afternoons at Small’s enacted our scene with Fewclothes.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
