En*act" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.]
1.
To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
2.
To act; to perform; to do; to effect.
[Obs.]
The king enacts more wonders than a man.
Shak.
3.
To act the part of; to represent; to play.
I did enact Julius Caesar.
Shak.
Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.
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En*act", n.
Purpose; determination.
[Obs.]
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