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enact

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en·act  (n-kt)
tr.v. en·act·ed, en·act·ing, en·acts
1. To make into law: Congress enacted a tax reform bill.
2. To act (something) out, as on a stage: enacted the part of the parent.

en·acta·ble adj.
en·actor n.

enact [ɪnˈækt]
vb (tr)
1. to make into an act or statute
2. (Law) to establish by law; ordain or decree
3. to represent or perform in or as if in a play; to act out
enactable  adj
enactive , enactory adj
enactment , enaction n
enactor  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.enact - order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
decree - issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
reenact - enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"
legislate, pass - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
2.enactenact - act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
act, play, represent - play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"

enact
verb
1. establish, order, pass, command, approve, sanction, proclaim, decree, authorize, ratify, ordain, validate, legislate, make law The bill would be submitted for discussion before being enacted as law.
2. perform, play, act, present, stage, represent, put on, portray, depict, act out, play the part of, appear as or in, personate She enacted the stories told to her by her father.
Translations
enact [ɪˈnækt] VT
1. (Jur) → decretar (that que) [+ law] → promulgar
2. (= perform) [+ play, scene, part] → representar

enact [ɪnˈækt] vt
(LAW) [+ legislation, law, bill] → promulguer; [+ reform] → promulguer
(= act out) [+ play, scene] → jouer

enact
vt
(Pol) lawerlassen; it is hereby enacted that …es wird hiermit verfügt, dass …
(= perform) playaufführen; roledarstellen, spielen; the scene which was enacted yesterday (fig)die Szene, die sich gestern abgespielt hat

enact [ɪnˈækt] vt
a. (law) → emanare
b. (play, scene) → rappresentare

enact [ɪnˈækt] vt
a. (law) → emanare
b. (play, scene) → rappresentare

enact
v enact [iˈnӕkt]
1 to act (a rôle, scene etc) not necessarily on stage. speel (rol), vertoon يُمَثِّلُ دَوْرا извършвам (za)hrát opføre; spille aufführen, verfügen αναπαριστώ representar etendama بازی کردن؛ اجرا کردن esittää jouer לְשַׂחֵק नियम बनाना predstavljati, glumiti előad beraksi leika; sÿna recitare 演じる 배역을 연기하다 vaidinti tēlot melakon uitvoeren spille odgrywać desempenhar a juca разыгрывать(ся) (za)hrať igrati (vlogo) glumiti spela แสดง oynamak, temsil etmek 演出;扮演 ставити на сцені, грати роль کردار ادا کرنا đóng (kịch)
2 to make into a law or pass a law to enact a new sexual harassment law; enact the bill. verorden, uitvaardig, verordineer يَسُنُّ قانونا издавам uzákonit vedtage (Gesetz) erlassen, (Handlung)verfügen θεσπίζω promulgar seadust vastu võtma, jõustama وضع کردن؛ تصویب کردن säätää laiksi promulguer לְחוֹקֵק प्रदर्शित करना ozakoniti törvénybe iktat mensahkan convertire in legge, promulgare; ordinare (法律を)制定する (법률을) 제정하다 priimti (įstatymą) pieņemt likumu; pieņemt likumdošanas kārtībā mewartakan tot wet verheffen vedta som lov uchwalić вводить в действие (закон) uzákoniť, prijať zákon uzakoniti ozakoniti anta, stadga ออกพระราชบัญญัติ yasalaşmak 制定法律 вводити в дію; надавати чинності نافذ کرنا ban hành
n eˈnactment
verordening, bevel, uitvaardiging تَشْريع، سَنُّ قانون прокарване uzákonění vedtagelse; ikrafttræden die Verfügung αναπαράσταση, θέσπιση promulgación esitamine; jõustamine تصویب؛ مصوبه؛ اجرا säädös promulgation חָקִיקָה व्यवस्थापन ozakonjenje törvénybe iktatás undang-undang leikur, flutningur promulgazione 上演 제정 įstatymas tēlojums enakmen uitvoering dramatisering, spill dekret decretação montare; promulgare принятие закона uzákonenie razglasitev ozakonjenje antagande [], stadgande พระบรมราชโองการ; พระราชบัญญัติ yasalaştırma 演出 запровадження закону; закон تنفیذ sự ban hành


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Now it is the proper business of the public assembly to determine concerning war and peace, making or breaking off alliances, to enact laws, to sentence to death, banishment, or confiscation of goods, and to call the magistrates to account for their behaviour when in office.
"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body," says he, "there can be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise lest THE SAME monarch or senate should ENACT tyrannical laws to EXECUTE them in a tyrannical manner.
You are not about to enact the Moor, in your days of wooing?
 
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