enact
Verb
Verb Forms: enacted, enacting, enacts
- To make into a law; to perform a role.
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
- act out; represent or perform as if in a play
- "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
- To make (a bill) into law.
- To act the part of; to play.
- To do; to effect.
Examples
- The Scrabble rules committee will ENACT new regulations next season.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).
Scrabble Score: 7
enact: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordenact: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
enact: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
enact: valid Words With Friends Word