enact

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make a proposal into an official law.

   Parliament enacted the new tax legislation last month.

2. 2
   verb

   To perform or act out a scene, role, or event.

   The children enacted the story of the first Thanksgiving.

From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).

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