enacted; enacting; enacts
1
: to establish by legal and authoritative act
specifically
: to make into law
enact a bill
2
: act out
enact a role
Examples of enact in a Sentence
Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
The law was finally enacted today.
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Between December 1930 and April 1931, the Reichstag had enacted 19 pieces of legislation, with Hindenburg issuing only two Article 48 decrees.
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Timothy Ryback, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
But Idaho and a few other states have now enacted laws that ban emergency abortions unless the mother's life, but not her health, is at risk.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 24 Apr. 2024
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Timothy Ryback, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
But Idaho and a few other states have now enacted laws that ban emergency abortions unless the mother's life, but not her health, is at risk.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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enact
transitive verb
en·act
i-ˈnakt 
: to establish by legal and authoritative act : make into law
enact a bill
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