enactPronunciation: /ɪˈnakt, ɛ-/Translate enact | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of enact verb [with object] 1make (a bill or other proposal) law:legislation was enacted to attract international companies 2put into practice (an idea or suggestion): the pressure group’s aim was to see the proposals enacted 3act out (a role or play) on stage: Mystery Plays were staged and enacted by members of the guilds (be enacted) take place:walkers stopped to watch, aware that some tragedy was being enactedDerivatives enactable adjective enaction noun enactive adjective enactor noun Origin: late Middle English (formerly also as inact): from en-1, in-2, + act, suggested by medieval Latin inactare, inactitareenact in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of enact in the US English dictionary
