Dictionary Entry
enact
enact is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
- 3transitive verb
To act the part of; to represent; to play.
- 4noun
Purpose; determination.
- 5verb
act out; represent or perform as if in a play
"She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
Synonyms
- 6verb
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
"the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
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