Synonyms of the word enact


ENACTACT - DECREE - ORDAIN - PLAY - REENACT - REPRESENT

enact

  • v. (transitive, law) to make (a bill) into law.
  • v. (transitive) to act the part of; to play.
  • v. (transitive) to do; to effect.
  • n. (obsolete) purpose; determination.

act

  • n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
  • n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
  • n. The process of doing something.
  • n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
  • n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
  • n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
  • n. (countable) Any organized activity.
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
  • n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
  • v. (intransitive) To do something.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
  • v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
  • v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
  • v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
  • v. (transitive) To play (a role).
  • v. (transitive) To feign.
  • v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

decree

  • n. An edict or law.
  • n. (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
  • n. (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
  • v. To command by a decree.

ordain

  • v. To prearrange unalterably.
  • v. To decree.
  • v. To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk,…
  • v. To predestine.

play

  • v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
  • v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
  • v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
  • v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
  • v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
  • v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
  • v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
  • v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
  • v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
  • v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
  • v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
  • n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
  • n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
  • n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
  • n. The conduct, or course of a game.
  • n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
  • n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
  • n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
  • n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
  • n. (countable) A major move by a business.
  • n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
  • n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
  • n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
  • n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

reenact

  • v. To enact again.
  • v. To recreate an event, especially a historical battle.

represent

  • v. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit…
  • v. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate.
  • v. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.
  • v. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise…
  • v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).
  • v. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement…
  • v. (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
  • v. (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
  • v. (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended;…
  • v. (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something…
  • v. (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be a example of.
  • v. (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
  • v. (intransitive) (African American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people;…

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