re-enact

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re·en·act also re-en·act (r

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tr.v. re·en·act·ed also re-en·act·ed, re·en·act·ing also re-en·act·ing, re·en·acts also re-en·acts

1. To enact again: reenact a law.

2. To perform again: reenact the first two scenes.

3. To go through a second time: reenacted the events leading up to the accident.

reen·actment n.

re-enact

vb (tr)

to represent or perform (an event, etc.) that has happened before

Translations

re-enact [ˈriːɪˈnækt] VT

1. (Parl) [+ legislation] → volver a promulgar

2. (Theat) → volver a representar; [+ crime, battle] → reconstruir

re-enact reenact [ˌriːɪnˈækt] vt [+ incident] → reconstituer; [+ scene] → rejouer

re-enact

(Jur) → wieder in Kraft setzen

(= repeat) scene → nachspielen; event, crime → nachstellen

re-enact [ˌriːɪˈnækt] vt (crime, scene) → ricostruire

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