Enacting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enact \En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enacted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Enacting}.]
     1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to
        make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative
        act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity
        of law.


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     2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]
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              The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak.
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     3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
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              I did enact Julius Caesar.            --Shak.
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     {Enacting clause}, that clause of a bill which formally
        expresses the legislative sanction.
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