enact (enacts, present participle enacting; 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, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene ii]:

     I did enact Julius Caesar.

3. (transitive) to do; to effect
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene iv]:

     The king enacts more wonders than a man.

• act

• French: promulguer
• Portuguese: promulgar, passar
• Russian: постановлять
• Spanish: promulgar

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

• German: ausführen
• Portuguese: realizar

enact

1. (obsolete) purpose; determination