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Enact has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

purpose; determination

"After weeks of debate, the mayor finally enacted a new recycling law that she had long championed for her city."

Verb
1

order by virtue of superior authority; decree

"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"

"the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

2

act out; represent or perform as if in a play

"She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

3

to make (a bill) into law

"The governor signed the measure late last night, finally enacting the new environmental protections that had been debated for months."

Example Sentences
"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews" verb
"the legislature enacted this law in 1985" verb
"She reenacted what had happened earlier that day" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
decree act
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
reenact legislate
Rhyming Words
act tact fact lact pact bract tract react epact fract coact exact preact impact outact didact redact subact peract olfact
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