enact

verb14 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.9

To make a rule defined by a particular country or community a formal law.

To put a law or a set of laws into effect.

To put a rule made and maintained by an authority into effect.

To make changes in something in order to improve it, by legislative means.

To put a course of action, adopted by a government or organization, into effect.

To put a legislative proposal or bill into effect.

To put a written law passed by a legislative body into effect.

To officially or legally prohibit something.

To establish a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state is acknowledged to be governed.

To act out a postulated sequence or development of events.

To perform a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

A national legislative body, especially that of the US, passes a law.

The highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, passes a law.

The legislative body of a country or state passes a law.