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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Enact \En*act"\, n.
     Purpose; determination. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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]

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) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  enact
       v 1: 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]
       2: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She
          reenacted what had happened earlier that day" [syn: reenact,
           act out]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  enact
     Αγγλικά vb.
     θεσπίζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  enact
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) (rfv-sense: en) purpose; determination
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive legal) to make (a bill) into law
     2 (lb en transitive) to act the part of; to play
     3 (lb en transitive) to do; to effect

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  enact
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) (rfv-sense: en) purpose; determination
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive legal) to make (a bill) into law
     2 (lb en transitive) to act the part of; to play
     3 (lb en transitive) to do; to effect

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  enact
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) (rfv-sense: en) purpose; determination
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive legal) to make (a bill) into law
     2 (lb en transitive) to act the part of; to play
     3 (lb en transitive) to do; to effect

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  enact
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) (rfv-sense: en) purpose; determination
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive legal) to make (a bill) into law
     2 (lb en transitive) to act the part of; to play
     3 (lb en transitive) to do; to effect

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  enact
     Englanti vb.
     (yhteys oikeustiede k=en) säätää laki, hyväksyä laki

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  enact
     Engelska vb.
     anta, stadga

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Enact /ɛnˈakt/
  شرّع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  enact //ɪˈnækt// 
  1. играя ролята на
  to act the part of; to play
  2. прокарвам
  to make (a bill) into law

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  enact /ɛnˈakt/
  uzákonit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  enact /ɛnˈakt/ 
  ustanovit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  enact /ɛnˈakt/ 
  spielen [eine Figur/Szene] , darstellen  [art]
     Synonym: play out
  
   see: playing out, enacting, played out, enacted
  
           Note: a character/scene

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  enact /ɛnˈakt/
  
  θεσπίζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  enact //ɪˈnækt// 
  1. esittää, näytellä
  to act the part of; to play
  2. soveltaa
  to do; to effect
  3. hyväksyä laki, säätää laki
  to make (a bill) into law

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  enact /ɛnˈakt/ 
  1. नियम~बनाना
        "The Principal has enacted the new rule in the school."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  enact /ɛnˈakt/
  odrediti, propisati

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  enact /ɪˈnækt/ 
   1.  [termin]  nadawać moc prawną
   2.  [form]  odgrywać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  enact //ɪˈnækt// 
  1. spela, uppföra
  to act the part of; to play
  2. utföra
  to do; to effect
  3. anta, föreskriva, stadga
  to make (a bill) into law

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  enact /ɛnˈakt/
  1. kanunlaştırmak
  2. harekete geçirmek
  3. karar vermek, hükmetmek
  4. temsil etmek, canlandırmak, oynamak (rol) enactive  yasama yetkisi olan, yapan, icra eden. enactment  kanunlaştırma, kabul
  5. kanun, kararname.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪˈnækt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  155 Moby Thesaurus words for "enact":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 制定法律,扮演;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 制定法律,扮演,颁布

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