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

  enacted
     vb.
     (infl of en enact  ed-form)

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

  enacted
     vb.
     (infl of en enact  ed-form)

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

  enacted
     vb.
     (infl of en enact  ed-form)

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

  enacted
     vb.
     (infl of en enact  ed-form)

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

  enacted
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-imperf-pperf en enact)

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

  enacted
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en enact ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb enact)

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

  Enacted /ɛnˈaktɪd/
  مشرّع

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

  enacted /ɛnˈaktɪd/ 
  schválený

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

  enacted /ɛnˈaktɪd/ 
  uzákoněný

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

  enacted /ɛnˈaktɪd/
  ergehen lassen
     Synonyms: issued, published
  
   see: issue, publish, enact sth., issuing, publishing, enacting
  

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

  enacted /ɛnˈaktɪd/
  gespielt, dargestellt
     Synonym: played out
  
   see: play out, enact, playing out, enacting
  

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

  enacted /ɛnˈaktɪd/
  
  θεσπισμένος

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɛˈnæktəd/


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