Enact Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Enact

To speak in order for someone to write down the words.

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put in force

To legislate

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get the floor

To legislate

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To gain acceptance as a member of a group by assuming an identity with it in denial of one's ancestry, background, etc.

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(Comput.) To perform the operations indicated in (an instruction or program)

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To apply equipment, such as curlers and clips, to (hair) in order to style.

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To give permission for (something); sanction:

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To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.

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(Intransitive) To collectively approve a nominee into an office or position as a result of voting.

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To do, carry through, conduct or perform some action.

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To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:

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To play the part of as in a play or film

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To make known the terms of (a new or proposed law or statute)

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(Slang) To perform a sexual act upon; specif., to have sexual intercourse with

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To appoint to an office, dignity, function, or task; designate.

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To order, establish, or decide by decree:

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To bring about; produce as a result; cause; accomplish

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To establish is defined as to start, create or bring about something.

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To cause to be, become, go, etc. by making laws

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To order or decree by virtue of superior authority:

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To assume the character or appearance of, especially fraudulently; impersonate.

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Represent is defined as to express in words, symbolize or stand for.

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To mimic the appearance, manner, etc. of (a person) for purposes of entertainment

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vote favorably

To legislate

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To institute is defined as to start, establish or set up.

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(Idiomatic) To connect (a telephone caller with intended callee).

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To devise or invent:

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To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

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To present a dramatic or musical work or other entertainment before an audience.

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Proclaim is defined as to announce or declare.

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railroad through

To legislate

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make laws

To legislate

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(Second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.

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To use or move (a card or piece) in a game:

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To behave in an overdramatic or artificial manner.

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To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.

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To communicate, convey, or offer for conveyance:

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To hand over, give, or send (a bill, credentials, etc.) to someone

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To produce on the stage

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To produce on a stage, to perform a play.

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To portray or act out (a past incident or historical event)

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To ratify or confirm

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To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.

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make into law

To legislate

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To decide; resolve

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act-out

(Idiomatic) To express one's feelings through disruptive actions.

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Antonyms for Enact

To revoke or rescind, especially by the action of a legislature.

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To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.

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(Educ.) To get a grade of failure; not pass

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To interfere with action or progress.

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To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:

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The power of one branch of government to prohibit a certain action by another; for example, the chief executive’s right to refuse to sign a legislature-passed bill into law.

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To decline to grant the request of (a person)

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Words Related to Enact

To use in place of something else, with the same function.

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put-into-effect

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To play the part of; assume the dramatic role of:

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(Management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.

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To put in force or cause to be by legal authority

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performing-arts

To play the part of

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