enact

Meaning

1. To make (a bill) into law.
2. To act the part of; to play.
3. To do; to effect.

Synonyms

decree

ordain

perform

legislate

pass

act out

carry out

act

reenact

create

represent

play

institute

issue

execute

render

promulgate

depict

put into practice

establish

release

put

do

personate

enforce

stage

give

happen

impersonate

implement

imprint

instance

introduce

lay down

make

move

offer

operation

playact

portray

present

propose

provide

publish

purport

put forward

put through

raise

real

realize

register

regulate

retell

run

set out

show

sound out

speculate in stocks

stamp

stand for

star

⭐

make a law

transact

trim

tune

wreak

put into practise

air

accomplish

issue a law

achieve

act as

act for

actualize

adduce

adjust

advance

affect

appoint

bring forth

capacitate

codify

come

come up

command

constitute

deliver

describe

direct

enable

enactment

enforcement

enjoin

express

formulate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈnækt/

Etymology

From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).