[ UK /ɛnˈækt/ ]
[ US /ɪˈnækt/ ]
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
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How To Use enact In A Sentence

  • Statutory rape laws were first enacted to protect minors from older predators.
  • The result is a species of amphitheatric arena, in which any of the dramatic exhibitions, that are so pleasing to this spectacle-loving nation, may be enacted. Recollections of Europe
  • Moreover, a law is to be enacted for the initiation of criminal procedures against governors and their removal from office.
  • Possibly in a bid to allay fears that nationalism and protectionism were driving the agenda--though it's hard to wonder how they couldn't in a country whose motto translates as "we wish to remain what we are"--a Luxembourg minister said on Tuesday that the takeover law, which it plans to enact in May, was in no way aimed at creating impediments to Mittal's play for Arcelor. Luxembourg Minister: We're Not Trying To Stop Mittal
  • Plunged in darkness again, the man, whom Rose had called unimaginative, suffered all the untold agony of soul which had been hers during the moment in which she had been forced to make up her mind and carry out the act, only his anguish was the more intense, for hers was the quick action and his the forced inaction of a man bound to a stake, within full sight of a tragedy being enacted upon a loved one. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands
  • When you dig into them, I think that you might just find that some of the very best moments of the DCAU occur throughout Superman: TAS, whether is the pitch-perfect origin reenactment in the early episodes to the first meeting of the two icons in “World’s Finest”. Superman: The Complete Animated Series » DVDs Worth Watching
  • It is time to stop arguing tax - rate reductions and to enact them.
  • Seeing that China's construction of market economy has its elementary scale, we should enact law of bankruptcy so as to bring the law into full effect.
  • I have set out the relevant enactments above.
  • These provisions, when first enacted, applied to both adults and children.
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