enact

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make (a bill) into law.

   The practical effect of the Government's new anti-strike bill on the rail disputes in Great Britain is awaited, after the legislation was enacted.

2. 2
   verb

   To act the part of; to play.

   I did enact Julius Caesar.

3. 3
   verb

   To do; to effect.

   The king enacts more wonders than a man.

4. 4
   verb

   act out

5. 5
   verb

   order by virtue of superior authority

Etymology

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”).