Definition of enact Enact

/ɪnæˈkt/ - [inakt] - en•act

We found 13 definitions of enact from 6 different sources.

What does enact mean?

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Verb enacts, enacting, enacted
enact - act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
		reenact, act out
		act, represent, play behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
enact - order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
		ordain
		decree issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
		reenact enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"
		legislate, pass make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"

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enact (Noun)
purpose; determination.
enact (Verb)
To make a bill into law.
enact (Verb)
To act the part of; to play.
enact (Verb)
To do; to effect.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

enact (v. t.)
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.
enact (v. t.)
To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
enact (v. t.)
To act the part of; to represent; to play.
enact (n.)
Purpose; determination.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

enact
To issue and approve, by a public authority, an act that has legal value.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

enact
en-akt′, v.t. to perform: to act the part of: to establish by law.—n. (Shak.) that which is enacted.—adjs. Enact′ing, Enact′ive, that enacts.—ns. Enact′ment, the passing of a bill into law: that which is enacted: a law; Enact′or, one who practises or performs anything: one who forms decrees or establishes laws; Enact′ure (Shak.), action

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enact, verb, present, 1st person singular of enact (infinitive).
enact, verb (infinitive).

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