En-ăct′1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. ENACTED; p. pr. & vb. n. ENACTING.] [Prefix en and act, q. v.] 1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the last act of legislation to, as a bill, giving it the validity of law. 2. To act; to perform; to effect. The king enacts more wonders than a man. Shak. 3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. “I did not enact Hector.” Shak.