US /ɹi.ɪnækt/
verb Freq #44237

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To act out a past event, especially a historical one, in order to show how it happened.

    Every summer, volunteers reenact the famous battle for tourists.

  2. 2
    verb

    To make a law valid again or pass it once more.

    Congress voted to reenact the expired tax law.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to act out a past event,... enact
Word family
Forms reenactedreenactingreenacts
Derived forms reenactablereenactmentreenactor

Etymology

From re- + enact.

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