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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Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court is taking up a racially and politically charged case from Louisiana that tests a landmark civil rights law enacted 60 years ago to prevent racial discrimination in voting.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
The government of Javier Milei, Argentina’s far-right leader, has enacted a controversial plan to defund the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA), which is the country’s national film body.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
State law bars cities, counties and other local governments from enacting their own gun, stricter regulations.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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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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