enact
Etymology

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").

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪˈnækt/
Verb

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.
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