What does enact mean?

Definitions for enact
ɛnˈækten·act

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ordain, enactverb

    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. enact, reenact, act outverb

    act out; represent or perform as if in a play

    "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

Wiktionary

  1. enactverb

    to make (a bill) into law

  2. enactverb

    to act the part of; to play

  3. enactverb

    to do; to effect

  4. Etymology: From enacten, from en-, from en-, from in- and acte, from actum, past participle of ago#Latin

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Enactnoun

    Purpose; determination.

    Etymology: from the verb.

  2. To Enactverb

    Etymology: from act.

    In true ballancing of justice, it is flat wrong to punish the thought or purpose of any before it be enacted. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

    Three hours the fight continued,
    Where valiant Talbot, above human thought,
    Enacted wonders with his sword and lance. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

    It is enacted in the laws of Venice,
    If it be proved against an alien,
    He seeks the life of any citizen,
    The party, ’gainst the which he doth contrive,
    Shall seize on half his goods. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

    The senate were authors of all counsels in the state; and what was by them consulted and agreed, was proposed to the people, by whom it was enacted or commanded. William Temple.

    I did enact Hector. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. enact

    To enact means to make into law or establish through legal or authoritative action. It can also refer to carrying out or performing something in a planned, formal, or ceremonial way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Enactverb

    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

  2. Enactverb

    to act; to perform; to do; to effect

  3. Enactverb

    to act the part of; to represent; to play

  4. Enactnoun

    purpose; determination

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Enact

    en-akt′, v.t. to perform: to act the part of: to establish by law.—n. (Shak.) that which is enacted.—adjs. Enact′ing, Enact′ive, that enacts.—ns. Enact′ment, the passing of a bill into law: that which is enacted: a law; Enact′or, one who practises or performs anything: one who forms decrees or establishes laws; Enact′ure (Shak.), action.

Editors Contribution

  1. enact

    To create legislation through an official form of unity government authority or power.

    The unity government enacts various pieces of vital legislation relating to human rights.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 20, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of enact in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of enact in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of enact in a Sentence

  1. Sasha Lezhnev:

    Several senior Congolese officials involved in corruption travel frequently to the U.S., so the visa ban is an important step, they or the businesses they partner with also use U.S. banks to process corrupt commercial deals, so the U.S. and EU should enact stronger sanctions on their corporate networks to target their assets.

  2. George W. Bush, Gov. of Texas, state leading in executions:

    States should have the right to enact... laws...particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

  3. Mark Oliva:

    It can’t be discounted that many of these background checks for the purchase of a firearm are attributed to threats by the Biden administration to enact the most radical and far-reaching gun control agenda ever proposed, americans are continuing to purchase firearms at a blistering pace.

  4. Doug Bibby:

    For that reason, lawmakers need to act now to enact a direct renter assistance program.

  5. Jim Yong Kim:

    If governments move right now, quickly, in enacting the kinds of structural reforms they need to enact, the investments will continue to flow.

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