5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
verb order by virtue of superior authority; decree
verb act out; represent or perform as if in a play
originFrom Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).
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