enact

Words with a similar base: enact, reenact

'enact'

[ordain.v.01] as in: order by virtue of superior authority; decree

Examples:
The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
the legislature enacted this law in 1985

'enact'

[enact.v.02] as in: act out; represent or perform as if in a play

Examples:
She reenacted what had happened earlier that day

Origins

					enact (English)
└── enacten (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── en- (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── en- (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── in (Latin)

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