English dictionary
enact
/E/n'/&/kt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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Purpose; determination.
Source: webster1913
verb
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order by virtue of superior authority; decree
ExamplesThe legislature enacted this law in 1985.
Synonyms ordainSource: WordNet 3.0
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act out; represent or perform as if in a play
ExamplesShe reenacted what had happened earlier that day.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913