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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enact \En*act"\, n. Purpose; determination. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To act to perform; to do to effect. [Obs.] The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak. 3. To act the part of to represent; to play. I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak. {Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enact v 1: order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews" [syn: {ordain}] 2: act out represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day" [syn: {reenact}, {act out}]
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