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| Main Entry: | enact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act out; accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, appear as, depict, discourse, do, execute, go on*, perform, personate, play, playact, play the part of, portray, represent |
| Antonyms: | fail, hinder, repeal, stop |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | enact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize, legislate |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, appoint, bring about, carry through, command, constitute, decree, determine, dictate, effect, effectuate, establish, execute, fix, formulate, get the floor, institute, jam through, make, make into law, make laws, ordain, order, pass, proclaim, put in force, put through, railroad*, railroad through, ratify, sanction, set, steamroll, transact, vote favorably, vote in |
| Antonyms: | hinder, prevent, refuse, veto |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To put in force or cause to be by legal authority. |
| Synonyms: | constitute, legislate, make, promulgate |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To play the part of. |
| Synonyms: | do, impersonate, perform, play, play-act, portray, represent |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | stage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To produce on the stage. |
| Synonyms: | act, do, dramatize, give, perform, present, put on |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | enact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | appoint, approve, constitute, decree, effect, establish, execute, legislate, ordain, pass, perform, personate, proclaim, ratify, represent |
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