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enact
[ en-akt ]
verb (used with object)
- to make into an act or statute:
Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- to represent on or as on the stage; act the part of:
to enact Hamlet.
enact
/ ɪˈæ /
verb
- to make into an act or statute
- to establish by law; ordain or decree
- to represent or perform in or as if in a play; to act out
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, adjective
- ˈٴǰ, noun
- ˈپ, adjective
- ˈٳԳ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·tǰ noun
- e· verb (used with object)
- e· verb (used with object)
- ܲe·Ļ adjective
- ɱ-·Ļ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Trump has shown a proclivity for enacting tariffs — and then suddenly reversing course.
He was there to enact a variety of “reciprocal tariffs” on a host of nations, friends and foes, on what he called “Liberation Day.”
The combination of these schemes allowed conservative judges in remote federal courthouses to block major policy initiatives by President Biden, such as his efforts to enact student debt relief.
“It could not happen absent a constitutional amendment, which could not possibly be enacted in time,” said Alan Dershowitz, a longtime constitutional professor at Harvard and a lawyer to Trump during his Senate impeachment trial.
But now he's back in the White House, he's been accused by critics of trying to use the courts to enact revenge on political opponents.
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