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enact

/ enact /

verb

verb Sense 1

act out; represent or perform as if in a play

"She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

Type of:

act play represent

Derived:

portrayal characterization enactment personation

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 2

order by virtue of superior authority; decree

"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"

"the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

Type of:

decree

Kinds of:

reenact legislate pass

Derived:

enactment passage

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Something ----s somebody

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