enact
/ɪˈnækt/ih-NAKT
/ɪˈnækt/ih-NAKT
Meaningto put into act
Common meaning: to make into law
Other meanings: to act out
- enin, into
- actdrive, lead; do, actLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 74 · scan
‘in, into’ + ‘drive, lead’ → enact
Journey through time
- Latinactum‘a thing done’source
- Englishenact‘to make into law’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin agō ‘drive, lead’.
Roots
- agō, ēgī, āctum Latin “drive, lead; do, act”
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