| 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 through, railroad, ratify, sanction, set, steamroll, transact, vote favorably, vote in |
Antonyms: |
hinder, prevent, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | engineer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise; bring about |
Synonyms: |
angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, play games, plot, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through, rig, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work |
| Main Entry: | execute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out a task |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, act, administer, administrate, bring off, bring to fruition, cause, come through, complete, consummate, deal with, discharge, do, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, earn wings, effect, enact, enforce, finish, fulfill, get there, govern, hack it, hit*, implement, make it, meet, percolate*, perform, play, polish off, prosecute, pull off, put into effect, put over, put through, realize, render, sail through, score*, take care of, take care of business, transact |
Antonyms: |
abandon, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, leave, miss, neglect, shirk |
| Main Entry: | perform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
Synonyms: |
achieve, act, be engaged in, behave, bring about, bring off, carry through, carry to completion, complete, comply, deliver the goods, discharge, dispose of, do, do justice to, do to a turn, effect, end, enforce, execute, finish, fulfill, function, go that route, implement, meet, move, observe, operate, percolate, perk, pull off, put through, react, realize, run with the ball, satisfy, take, take care of business, tick, transact, wind up, work |
Antonyms: |
fail, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | prosecute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | follow through, persevere |
Synonyms: |
carry on, carry through, conduct, continue, direct, discharge, engage in, execute, follow up, manage, perform, persist, practice, pursue, put through, see through, wage, work at |
| Notes: | persecute means 'to harass or treat unjustly'; prosecute is 'to bring legal action against' or 'to pursue something until the end' |
Antonyms: |
cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | bring to pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to happen |
Synonyms: |
bring about, bring off, deliver, do the trick, give rise to, lay the foundation of, produce, put across, put through, set on foot |