Synonyms for enact
ɛnˈækten·act

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1. enact

   Synonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

   Antonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

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1. ordain, enactverb

   order by virtue of superior authority; decree

   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

   Synonyms:
   ordain, reenact, act out, order, consecrate, ordinate

2. enact, reenact, act outverb

   act out; represent or perform as if in a play

   "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

   Synonyms:
   reenact, act out, ordain

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1. enactverb

   Synonyms:
   ordain, decree, establish by law, pass into a law, give legislative sanction to

2. enactverb

   Synonyms:
   play, act, act the part of

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1. List of paraphrases for "enact":

   promulgate, adopt, promulgation, enactment, enacted, sen, enacting, promulgated, pass, introduce

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1. Primo Levi:

   The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful if they did not fly, or if they flew straight and briskly like bees, or if they stung, or above all if they did not enact the perturbing mystery of metamorphosis: the latter assumes in our eyes the value of a badly decoded message, a symbol, a sign.

2. Kevin Moody:

   If they want to have this debate, have it in a political arena, don’t enact ordinances that are blatantly unlawful, tie up local townships, expose them to liability, and tie up companies.

3. George W. Bush, Gov. of Texas, state leading in executions:

   States should have the right to enact... laws...particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

4. Jim Yong Kim:

   If governments move right now, quickly, in enacting the kinds of structural reforms they need to enact, the investments will continue to flow.

5. Edward Paltzik:

   The court minimized the importance of the Legislature's repeated failures to enact more comprehensive outdoor smoking legislation.