Definitions for Enactɛnˈækt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
en•actɛnˈækt(v.t.)
to make into an act or statute:
to enact a new tax law.
Category: Law
to represent in or as if in a play or the like; act the part of.
Category: Showbiz
Origin of enact:
1375–1425
en•ac′tor(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
ordain, enact(verb)
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
enact, reenact, act out(verb)
act out; represent or perform as if in a play
"She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
Wiktionary
enact(Verb)
to make (a bill) into law
enact(Verb)
to act the part of; to play
enact(Verb)
to do; to effect
Origin: From enacten, from en-, from en-, from in- and acte, from actum, past participle of ago#Latin
Webster Dictionary
Enact(verb)
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(verb)
to act; to perform; to do; to effect
Enact(verb)
to act the part of; to represent; to play
Enact(noun)
purpose; determination
Translations for Enact
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
enact(verb)
to act (a rôle, scene etc) not necessarily on stage.
- speel (rol), vertoonAfrikaans
- يُمَثِّلُ دَوْراArabic
- извършвамBulgarian
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- (za)hrátCzech
- aufführen, verfügenGerman
- opføre; spilleDanish
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- representarSpanish
- etendamaEstonian
- بازی کردن؛ اجرا کردنFarsi
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