enact
[en-akt]
- to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- to represent on or as on the stage; act the part of: to enact Hamlet.
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Origin of enact
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Related Words for enacts
execute, achieve, appoint, decree, accomplish, formulate, ratify, institute, determine, pass, establish, portray, represent, play, depict, do, perform, discourse, personate, playactExamples from the Web for enacts
Contemporary Examples of enacts
Here Monty enacts a fantasy of benign American imperialism, touring Europe and Africa in his pleasure yacht.
Historical Examples of enacts
Article 15 enacts that no slavery or apprenticeship shall be tolerated.
The Last Boer WarH. Rider Haggard
Habit incorporates, enacts or overrides objects, but it doesn't know them.
Human Nature and ConductJohn Dewey
It enacts two knights for the county, and two burgesses for the city.
Novanglus, and MassachusettensisJohn Adams
He enacts the vision and says, “There was a fellow traveller.”
The Puzzle of Dickens's Last PlotAndrew Lang
He enacts the eternal farce of equality for all, justice for none.
UnicornsJames Huneker
enact
- to make into an act or statute
- to establish by law; ordain or decree
- to represent or perform in or as if in a play; to act out
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