Meaning of ENACT
| Pronunciation: | | en'akt
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- [v] act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
- [v] order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
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| | Synonyms: | | act out, ordain, reenact |
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| | See Also: | | act, decree, legislate, pass, play, reenact, represent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enacted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Enacting}.]
1. 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.
2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]
The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak.
3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak.
{Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally
expresses the legislative sanction.
\En*act"\, n.
Purpose; determination. [Obs.]
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