ENACT
What does "ENACT" mean?
To make a proposal into law, or to act out a role or scene.
Meanings
- To pass a bill or decision into law. Parliament enacted the new tax in record time. formal
- To perform or act out, as a play, role, or scene. The children enacted the whole battle in the backyard.
Word origin
From 'en-' (to put into, cause to be) plus 'act', from Latin 'actus' (a doing), from 'agere' (to do, drive); to enact is to put something into act.
Remember it
ENACT = 'en-' + 'ACT': you put a law (or a play) into ACT-ion.
A little poem
A page of words is only ink and air-
till someone enacts it into here.
couplet
Wordplay
- What do a legislature and a drama club have in common? Both spend all day deciding what to enact, and both worry whether the public will buy the performance.
What it teaches
An idea changes nothing until it is enacted; the gap between intention and act is where the work lives.
Quick facts
What does ENACT mean?
To make a proposal into law, or to act out a role or scene.
Is ENACT a valid word?
Yes — ENACT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ENACT?
ENACT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ENACT come from?
From 'en-' (to put into, cause to be) plus 'act', from Latin 'actus' (a doing), from 'agere' (to do, drive); to enact is to put something into act.
What can ENACT teach us?
An idea changes nothing until it is enacted; the gap between intention and act is where the work lives.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.