enact Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb order by virtue of superior authority; decree
ordain.
- The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
- the legislature enacted this law in 1985
verb act out; represent or perform as if in a play
reenact; act out.
- She reenacted what had happened earlier that day

imperfect & past participle Enacted; present participle & verbal noun Enacting

To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
To act; to perform; to do; to effect. Obs.
The king enacts more wonders than a man. Shak.
To act the part of; to represent; to play.
I did enact Julius Caesar. Shak.