enact

  • 41enact a law — legislate a law or regulation …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 42re-enact — (v.) also reenact, 1670s, from RE (Cf. re ) back, again + ENACT (Cf. enact). Originally of laws, etc.; meaning to perform again, reproduce is recorded from 1854. Related: Re enacted; re enacting …

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  • 43re-enact — ► VERB 1) act out (a past event). 2) enact (a repealed law) once more. DERIVATIVES re enactment noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 44re-enact'or — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑re enact …

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  • 45re-enact — [ˌri: ıˈnækt] v [T] to perform the actions of a story, crime etc that happened in the past ▪ At the church, children re enacted the Christmas story. >re enactment n ▪ a re enactment of the crime …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 46re-enact — re enacts, re enacting, re enacted VERB If you re enact a scene or incident, you repeat the actions that occurred in the scene or incident. [V n] He re enacted scenes from his TV series. (in AM and sometimes in BRIT, use reenact) …

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  • 47re-enact — To enact again; to revive …

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  • 48co-enact — co enact, enactor see co …

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  • 49re-enact — verb 1》 act out (a past event). 2》 bring (a law) into effect again when the original statute has been repealed or has expired. Derivatives re enactment noun re enactor noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50re-enact — /ri ənˈækt/ (say ree uhn akt) verb (t) to act out again (a past event, especially one of historical importance). –re enactment, noun …