- Enacted
- Enact En*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enacted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Enacting}.]
1. 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.
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2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. [1913 Webster]
I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
{Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
