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A quick definition of enact:
Term: ENACT
Definition: Enact means to make a rule or law official by passing it. For example, if a group of people decide they want to make a new rule, they can enact it by voting and making it official. Sometimes, a law will also include specific details about what people can or cannot do, and this is also called enacting. Someone who enacts a law is called an enactor.
A more thorough explanation:
Definition: To make into law by authoritative act; to pass. (Of a statute) to provide.
Example 1: The government enacted a new law to protect endangered species.
Example 2: The Clean Air Act was enacted in 1963 to regulate air pollution.
Explanation: Enact means to turn something into a law. In example 1, the government passed a new law to protect endangered species. In example 2, the Clean Air Act was passed in 1963 to regulate air pollution. Both examples show how something was made into a law through an authoritative act.