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enact

/E/n'/&/kt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. Purpose; determination.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

  1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree

    verb.social

    Examples
    The legislature enacted this law in 1985.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. act out; represent or perform as if in a play

    verb.creation

    Examples
    She reenacted what had happened earlier that day.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. 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.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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