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 Definitions of enact  [ɛnˈækt]  

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Definition of 'enact' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) enact
to make into an act or statute:
to enact a new tax law.

2.  enact
to represent in or as if in a play or the like; act the part of.

Etymology:  (1375–1425)

Definition of 'enact' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) ordain, enact
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. (verb) enact, reenact, act out
act out; represent or perform as if in a play
"She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"


Definition of 'enact' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) enact
purpose; determination

2. (verb) enact
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

3. (verb) enact
to act; to perform; to do; to effect

4. (verb) enact
to act the part of; to represent; to play


Translation of 'enact' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to act (a rôle, scene etc) not necessarily on stage.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: speel (rol), vertoon Arabic flag Arabic: يُمَثِّلُ دَوْرا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: извършвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desempenhar Czech flag Czech: (za)hrát German flag German: aufführen, verfügen
Danish flag Danish: opføre; spille Greek flag Greek: αναπαριστώ Spanish flag Spanish: representar
Estonian flag Estonian: etendama Farsi flag Farsi: بازی کردن؛ اجرا کردن Finnish flag Finnish: esittää
French flag French: jouer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְשַׂחֵק Hindi flag Hindi: नियम बनाना
Croatian flag Croatian: predstavljati, glumiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: előad Indonesian flag Indonesian: beraksi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: leika; sÿna Italian flag Italian: recitare Japanese flag Japanese: 演じる
Korean flag Korean: 배역을 연기하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vaidinti Latvian flag Latvian: tēlot
Malay flag Malay: melakon Dutch flag Dutch: uitvoeren Norwegian flag Norwegian: spille
Polish flag Polish: odgrywać Persian flag Persian: بازی کردن؛ اجرا کردن Pashto flag Pashto: عملى كول، جارى كول، چلول،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desempenhar Romanian flag Romanian: a juca Russian flag Russian: разыгрывать(ся)
Slovak flag Slovak: (za)hrať Slovenian flag Slovenian: igrati (vlogo) Serbian flag Serbian: glumiti
Swedish flag Swedish: spela Thai flag Thai: แสดง Turkish flag Turkish: oynamak, temsil etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 演出,扮演 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: ставити на сцені, грати р Urdu flag Urdu: کردار ادا کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đóng (kịch) Chinese flag Chinese: 演出,扮演

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