enactverb
uk/ɪˈnækt/us/ɪˈnækt/enact verb (MAKE LAW)
[ T often passive ] specialized law to put something into action, especially to make something law:
A package of economic sanctions is to be enacted against the country.
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- constitution
- constitutional
- jurisprudence
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legitimate
- passage
- prohibition
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescind
- rider
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enact verb (PERFORM)
[ T ] formal to perform a story or play:
The stories are enacted using music, dance and mime.
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Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act
- act sth out
- amateur theater
- entrance 1
- go on the stage idiom
- ham
- ham it up
- improvise
- live action
- offstage
- portray
- prompt
- repertory
- rest
- stage
- stage fright
- stage whisper
- stage-struck
- stretch
- variety
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enactment
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪˈnækt.mənt/us/ɪˈnækt.mənt/