'Enact' definitions:
Definition of 'enact'
(from WordNet)
verb
Order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985" [syn: ordain, enact]
verb
Definition of 'Enact'
From: GCIDE
- Enact \En*act"\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. [1913 Webster]
- I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Enact'
From: GCIDE
- Enact \En*act"\, n. Purpose; determination. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'enact'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- command,
- compass,
- complete,
- conduct,
- constitute,
- consummate,
- cope with,
- copy,
- create a role,
- dangle,
- deal with,
- declare lawful,
- decree,
- demonstrate,
- depict,
- develop,
- discharge,
- disclose,
- discourse,
- dispatch,
- display,
- dispose of,
- divulge,
- do,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- dramatize,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- embody,
- enact laws,
- establish,
- evidence,
- evince,
- execute,
- exhibit,
- expose to view,
- express,
- fetch,
- filibuster,
- flaunt,
- flourish,
- formulate,
- fulfill,
- get the floor,
- give sign,
- give token,
- handle,
- have the floor,
- highlight,
- illuminate,
- impersonate,
- incarnate,
- indicate,
- institute,
- kill,
- knock off,
- legalize,
- legislate,
- legitimate,
- legitimatize,
- legitimize,
- lobby through,
- logroll,
- make,
- make a regulation,
- make clear,
- make legal,
- make plain,
- manage,
- manifest,
- masquerade as,
- materialize,
- mean,
- mime,
- mimic,
- ordain,
- order,
- pantomime,
- parade,
- pass,
- pass for,
- perform,
- personate,
- pigeonhole,
- play,
- play a part,
- play a role,
- play opposite,
- playact,
- pocket,
- polish off,
- portray,
- pose as,
- prescribe,
- present,
- pretend to be,
- proclaim,
- produce,
- put away,
- put in force,
- put through,
- railroad through,
- ratify,
- realize,
- regulate,
- represent,
- reveal,
- roll logs,
- roll out,
- rule,
- sanction,
- set forth,
- show,
- show forth,
- spotlight,
- succeed,
- support,
- sustain a part,
- table,
- take a part,
- take care of,
- take off,
- take the floor,
- token,
- transact,
- trot out,
- turn the trick,
- unfold,
- validate,
- veto,
- wave,
- work,
- work out,
- yield the floor