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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive verb. To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
3. transitive verb. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
4. noun. Purpose; determination.
5. verb. act out; represent or perform as if in a play

   "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

   Synonyms: reenact

6. verb. order by virtue of superior authority; decree

   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"

   "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

   Synonyms: ordain

Synonyms

reenact, ordain

Common word forms

enacts, enacted, enacting, enactable, enactment

Words from these letters

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