From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en-, from Latin in- and Old French acte, from Latin actum, past participle of ago ("set in motion").

• IPA: /ɪˈnækt/

enact (enacts, present participle enacting; simple past and past participle enacted)

1. (transitive, legal) To make (a bill) into law.
2. (transitive) To act the part of; to play.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene ii]:

     I did enact Julius Caesar.

3. (transitive) To do; to effect.
   • c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act V, scene iv]:

     The king enacts more wonders than a man.

• act

• French: promulguer
• Italian: promulgare, approvare
• Portuguese: promulgar, passar
• Russian: постановлять
• Spanish: promulgar

• French: jouer
• German: spielen
• Italian: interpretare
• Portuguese: interpretar
• Russian: игра́ть
• Spanish: interpretar

• German: ausführen
• Italian: realizzare, apportare
• Portuguese: realizar
• Spanish: hacer efecto