enact
[verb]
Synonyms:
- establish, authorize, command, decree, legislate, ordain, order, proclaim, sanction
- perform, act out, depict, play, play the part of, portray, represent

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Antonyms: repeal
Contrasted words: abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, invalidate, nullify, rescind, revoke, overturn
Related Words: bring about, institute, authorize, decree, proclaim, accomplish, carry (through), effect, effectuate, execute, legislate, pass, put (through), ratify, depict, portray, represent

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

en‧act /ɪˈnækt/ verb [transitive]

1. formal to act in a play, story etc:
a drama enacted on a darkened stage

2. law to make a proposal into a law:
Congress refused to enact the bill.
—enactment noun [uncountable and countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲