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English Dictionary: enact	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for enact
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
enact v order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985" Synonym(s): ordain, enact act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day" Synonym(s): enact, reenact, act out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enact \Enact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enacting}.] 1. 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. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak. 3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. I did enact* Julius Caesar. --Shak. {Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Enact \En*act"\, n. Purpose; determination. [Obs.]