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11enact — [[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… …
12enact — 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… …
13enact — 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 …
14enact — 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] * * * …
15enact — 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,… …
16enact — 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. >enactment n [U and C] …
17enact — 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) …
18enact — verb 1) the government enacted an environmental protection bill Syn: make law, pass, approve, ratify, validate, sanction, authorize 2) they are to enact a nativity play Syn: act out, perform, appear in …
19enact — en•act [[t]ɛnˈækt[/t]] v. t. 1) law to make into an act or statute: to enact a new tax law[/ex] 2) sbz to represent in or as if in a play or the like; act the part of • Etymology: 1375–1425 en•act′a•ble, adj. en•ac′tor, n …
20enact — /ɛnˈækt / (say en akt), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) 1. to make into an act or statute; to pass (a bill) into law. 2. to ordain; decree. 3. to represent on or as on the stage; act the part of: to enact Hamlet. –enactor, noun …
