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Thesaurus: enact

To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.

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  1. v. t. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
  2. v. t. To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
  3. v. t. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
  4. n. Purpose; determination.
  5. v. order by virtue of superior authority; decree
  6. v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play
  7. v:100 v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play