enacts
Meaning of enacts
verb, 3rd person present
- make (a bill or other proposal) law.
legislation was enacted to attract international companies
- put into practice (an idea or suggestion).
the pressure group's aim was to see the proposals enacted
- act out (a role or play) on stage.
Mystery Plays were staged and enacted by members of the guilds
late Middle English (formerly also as inact ): from en-1, in-2, + act, suggested by medieval Latin inactare, inactitare .
Information about enacts
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of enacts is: enact.
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Hyphenation of enacts
en-acts
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- enacts is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
enacts synonyms
Meaning (of a proposal) be approved by a legislative or other official body:
Meaning officially agree to or accept as satisfactory:
Meaning sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid:
Meaning check or prove the validity or accuracy of:
Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):
Meaning give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent):
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Meaning give an authoritative instruction to do something:
Meaning order (something) by decree:
Meaning order (something) officially:
Meaning make or enact laws:
Meaning make (something that was previously illegal) permissible by law:
Meaning exercise ultimate power or authority over (an area and its people):
Meaning require (a duty, charge, or penalty) to be undertaken or paid:
Meaning put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect:
Meaning give approval to:
Meaning take action; do something:
Meaning present (a form of entertainment) to an audience:
Meaning represent (a character) in a theatrical performance or a film:
Meaning present a performance of (a play or other show):
Meaning climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface):
Meaning in a particular place:
Meaning perform (an action, the precise nature of which is often unspecified):
Meaning be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity:
enacts antonyms
Meaning revoke or annul (a law or act of parliament):
Anagrams of enacts
ascent, casten, centas, Cestan, secant, stance
Words that rhyme with enacts
Acts, acts, subacts, autodidacts, didacts, redacts, abreacts, overreacts, preacts, reacts, underreacts, artefacts, artifacts, benefacts, facts, geofacts, nonfacts, olfacts, unfacts, ventifacts, coenacts, preenacts, reenacts, coacts, retroacts, compacts, epacts, impacts, pacts, recompacts, subcompacts, Tracts, abstracts, attracts, bracts, caracts, carracts, cataphracts, cataracts, characts, contracts, counteracts, detracts, diffracts, distracts, extracts, fluidextracts, fracts, infracts, interacts
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