1 [oftenpassive] (law) to pass a law:
[VN] legislation enacted by parliament [also VNthat]
2 [VN] [oftenpassive] (formal) to perform a play or act a part in a play:
scenes from history enacted by local residents
3 [VN] (be enacted) (formal) to take place
SYNBEPLAYEDOUT:
They seemed unaware of the drama being enacted a few feet away from them.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for enact is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is enact a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, enact is tagged as verb.
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