- An example of enact is to make a bill into a new law.
- An example of enact is to perform the play Death of a Salesman on stage.
- to make (a bill, etc.) into a law; pass (a law); decree; ordain
- to represent or perform in or as in a play; act out
transitive verben·act·ed, en·act·ing, en·acts
- To make into law: Congress enacted a tax reform bill.
- To act (something) out, as on a stage: enacted the role of Romeo.
(third-person singular simple present enacts, present participle enacting, simple past and past participle enacted)
- (law) to make (a bill) into law
- to act the part of; to play
- to do; to effect