单词 | inact |
释义 | inactv. 1. transitive. Of a legislative authority: to make into an act; to make legally binding; to ordain, decree. Also with that-clause. Cf. enact v. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > decree putc1390 statute1397 inact1432 ordinance1440 enact1464 act1483 enactizea1618 edict1652 1432–3 in J. A. Kingdon Arch. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1886) II. 225 Wherefor ys yt ordeynyd and full Inactyd by alle þe craft that yf he be euer take wt þe same defaute to be put owt of þe craft for alle dayes. 1464 King Edward IV in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 300 He shall..haue the seid fundacion inacted and auctorised in the parlement next holden. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxi. f. 72v This lawe decreed by the Senate, inacted by the people, confyrmed by the imperial maiestie, be for euer establyshed. 1608 T. Middleton Famelie of Love v. ii. sig. H2 Tis a Law inacted (by the common counsell of Statute Caps) to qualify the rage of the Time. 1660 H. Ellis Encyclical Epist. 95 Both the ancient and modern Church hath inacted seuere lawes agaist all Disturbers of Caesars quietnes. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xlix. 529 It was now declared and inacted, that the said act and statute..should stand. 1752 G. Harris Observ. upon Eng. Lang. 15 It should be inacted by the Authority of Parliament, that the new Regulations in Spelling should from thenceforth be strictly adhered to. 1876 Jrnl. Thirty-second Senate State New Jersey 19 Jan. 71 And be it inacted, That the said board shall meet in the city of Trenton within ten days after the appointment of the State Assessors. 1904 Special Crops May 92/2 Some have expressed a hope that such a law could be inacted. 1968 A. Garnefsky Public Policy in Soviet Private Internat. Law 64 On the ground of the so-called anti-parasite laws inacted in the Union Republics in the years 1957–1961, these persons could be tried at public meetings. 2009 A. R. Kumbhare Women of India iv. 98 Some good legislation, which was inacted during the British rule has already been enumerated. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > bring into activity or activate enter1563 inact1583 active1620 activate1624 yoke1630 animate1646 inactuate1651 to bring (also call, put) into (also in) play1799 to put onc1842 to bring on1860 mobilize1871 derepress1962 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxiii. 695/1 Be stout in maintaining the things that are inacted, that men may not laugh them to skorne as we see that the wicked sort do. 1596 R. Johnson Famous Hist. Seauen Champions x. 100 Her Sister..sate discontented by her bed side, watching the time wherein shee might conueniently inact the bloody Tragedy. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems Notes 348 The Mundane spirit..inacted by Psyche. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiv. 145 The soul..was united with the most subtile and æthereal matter that it was capable of inacting. b. transitive. To act out; to carry out (a role). Cf. enact v. 5a. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] act1585 come1721 inact1900 play-act1962 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > a part or character playc1390 enact1430 representc1475 perform1598 personate1598 present1598 do1600 to bring (a person) on or to the stage1602 stage1602 support1693 impersonate1715 sustain1731 be1814 portray1875 fake1876 inact1900 1900 Amer. Anthropologist 2 20 The dreamer sees strange sights, and strange histories inacted in his imagination. 1983 Boundary 2 12 198 The ebb and flow of moral and epistemological perspectives..inacts the spiritual struggle that Rimbaud undergoes throughout the poem. 1999 G. Thakar & G. Misra in G. Misra Psychol. Perspectives on Stress & Health xi. 217 To identify the variation in their stressful experiences as related to roles that they inact. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operate [verb (intransitive)] > within inact1830 inwork1874 1830 Fraser's Mag. June 513/1 The principle is the all in all, precedes all, inacts in all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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