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enacting

enacting is the present participle and gerund of enact.

Meaning of enact

Verb

enact (third-person singular simple present enacts, present participle enacting, simple past and past participle enacted)

  1. (transitive) To make (a bill) into law.
    • The practical effect of the Government's new anti-strike bill on the rail disputes in Great Britain is awaited, after the legislation was enacted.2023 December 27, Mel Holley, “Network News: Minimum Service Levels legislation comes into force”, in RAIL, number 999, page 14
  2. (transitive) To act the part of; to play.
    • I did enact Julius Caesar.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    Synonyms:
    act out, perform
  3. (transitive) To do; to effect.
    • The king enacts more wonders than a man.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Noun

enacting (plural enactings)

  1. Enactment.
    • We have said all this: all this we say, and will continue to say; and we have talked, too, and shall talk, about the divers most curious votings and enactings of this House […]1824, William Cobbett, Cobbett's Weekly Register, volume XLIX

Forms of enacting

pluralenactings

Questions about enacting

What does enacting mean?
Enacting means enactment.
What is enacting the present participle and gerund of?
Enacting is the present participle and gerund of enact.
What part of speech is enacting?
Enacting is a noun.
What is the plural of enacting?
The plural of enacting is enactings.

Words near enacting in the dictionary

  1. enacter
  2. enacters
  3. enactest
  4. enacteth
  5. enactin
  6. enacting
  7. enactings
  8. enactins
  9. enaction
  10. enactions
  11. enactive

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