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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Officials at some state fairs have enacted stricter rules to keep the virus from spreading.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
More than a dozen states have now enacted school phone restrictions in the U.S.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
Those changes, if approved, would be enacted through regulations by the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
The efforts by Black and white manumission activists during the 1780s and 1790s ultimately shifted New York legislators’ views of slavery: After a long battle, lawmakers enacted an act for the gradual abolition of slavery in the state, which took effect on July 4, 1799.
—Carolyn Eastman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
More than a dozen states have now enacted school phone restrictions in the U.S.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
Those changes, if approved, would be enacted through regulations by the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
The efforts by Black and white manumission activists during the 1780s and 1790s ultimately shifted New York legislators’ views of slavery: After a long battle, lawmakers enacted an act for the gradual abolition of slavery in the state, which took effect on July 4, 1799.
—Carolyn Eastman, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 17 Sep. 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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