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  • 11enact — [en akt′, inakt′] vt. 1. to make (a bill, etc.) into a law; pass (a law); decree; ordain 2. to represent or perform in or as in a play; act out enactor n …

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  • 12enact — {<charset c=U><HR> } 01. The city has [enacted] a new bylaw which prohibits smoking in all public buildings. 02. Following an incident in which a window was broken and a student injured, the principal [enacted] a zero tolerance policy …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 13enact — verb Enact is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑congress, ↑legislature, ↑parliament Enact is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ban, ↑constitution, ↑law, ↑legislation, ↑measure, ↑policy, ↑reform …

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  • 14enact — [[t]ɪnæ̱kt[/t]] enacts, enacting, enacted 1) VERB When a government or authority enacts a proposal, they make it into a law. [TECHNICAL] [V n] The authorities have failed so far to enact a law allowing unrestricted emigration... [V n] The bill… …

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  • 15enact — UK [ɪnˈækt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms enact : present tense I/you/we/they enact he/she/it enacts present participle enacting past tense enacted past participle enacted 1) to make a proposal into a law 2) to perform a story or event as a… …

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  • 16enact — transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to establish by legal and authoritative act; specifically to make (as a bill) into law 2. act out < enact a role > • enactor noun …

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  • 17enact — enactable, adj. enactor, n. /en akt /, v.t. 1. to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law. 2. to represent on or as on the stage; act the part of: to enact Hamlet. [1375 1425; late ME enacten. See EN 1, ACT] * * * …

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  • 18enact — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, act, act a part, act as, act out, affect, ape, attain, authorize, betoken, brandish, breathe, bring about, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, carry through,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 19enact — en|act [ıˈnækt] v [T] 1.) formal to act in a play, story etc ▪ a drama enacted on a darkened stage 2.) law to make a proposal into a law ▪ Congress refused to enact the bill. &GT;enactment n [U and C] …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20enact — verb (T) 1 to make a proposal into law: Congress refused to enact the bill. 2 formal to act in a play, story etc: a drama enacted on a darkened stage enactment noun (C, U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English