If it is not absolutely necessary to enact a law, it is absolutely necessary to not adopt a law.
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Enact
//ɪˈnækt//
Synonyms for "enact" (163 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (81)
legitimatizelegitimizelobbylobby throughlogrollmakemake a regulationmake a show ofmake clearmake legalmake plainmanagemanifestmasquerademasquerade asmaterializemeanmimemimicorder
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pantomimeparadepasspass forperformpersonatepigeonholeplayplay a partplay a roleplay oppositeplayactpocketpolish offportraypose asprescribepresentpretend to beproclaimproduceput awayput in forceput throughrailroadrailroad throughratifyrealizeregulaterepresentrevealroll logsroll outrulesanctionset forthshowshow forthspotlightsucceedsupportsustain a parttabletake a parttake care oftake offtake the floortokentransacttrot outturn the trickunfoldvalidatevetowaveworkwork outyield the floor
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47 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νομίζω verb (to make (a bill) into law)
Bulgarian
2 entries- играя ролята на verb (to act the part of; to play)
- прокарвам verb (to make (a bill) into law)
Finnish
4 entries- esittää verb (to act the part of; to play)
- hyväksyä laki verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- näytellä verb (to act the part of; to play)
- soveltaa verb (to do; to effect)
French
2 entries- jouer verb (to act the part of; to play)
- promulguer verb (to make (a bill) into law)
German
2 entries- ausführen verb (to do; to effect)
- spielen verb (to act the part of; to play)
Greek
1 entries- θεσπίζω verb (to make (a bill) into law)
Irish
2 entries- achtaigh verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- reachtaigh verb (to make (a bill) into law)
Italian
4 entries- apportare verb (to do; to effect)
- approvare verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- interpretare verb (to act the part of; to play)
- promulgare verb (to make (a bill) into law)
Latin
3 entries- scisco verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- scisco verb (to act the part of; to play)
- scisco verb (to do; to effect)
Manx
2 entries- cloie verb (to act the part of; to play)
- slattysee verb (to make (a bill) into law)
Māori
2 entries- pāhi verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- whakature verb (to make (a bill) into law)
Portuguese
4 entries- interpretar verb (to act the part of; to play)
- passar verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- promulgar verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- realizar verb (to do; to effect)
Russian
3 entries- игра́ть verb (to act the part of; to play)
- постановлять verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- принима́ть verb (to make (a bill) into law)
Spanish
4 entries- decretar verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- efectuar verb (to do; to effect)
- enactuar verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- enactuar verb (to act the part of; to play)
Swedish
4 entries- anta verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- föreskriva verb (to make (a bill) into law)
- spela verb (to act the part of; to play)
- stadga verb (to make (a bill) into law)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Congress failed to enact any useful legislation during the entire session.
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The World Health Organization is urging countries affected by the coronavirus to enact containment measures as the best way to slow down the spread of this deadly disease.
Source: tatoeba (8590671)
In the long run, the report calls on Congress to enact a comprehensive Missouri River protection act.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.