enact, v.
(enacted, enacting, enacts)
freq. cnt. 17
(enacted, enacting, enacts)
freq. cnt. 17
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 3
enact ordain
sample sentences
"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews""the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s that CLAUSE
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s that CLAUSE
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derivationally related form
act out; represent or perform as if in a play
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
act out enact reenact
sample sentences
"She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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