enact

Meanings

Verb

to make (a bill) into law
to act the part of; to play
to do; to effect

Noun

purpose; determination

Origin

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.

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