to reenact
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6.6
- verb
- /ˌriːɪˈnækt/
- Formal
:
reinstaurar
- During the festival, actors will reenact the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Examples
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The bill also reenacts a priority-based system for distributing family planning funds, funds alternatives to abortion, and limits state employee participation in abortion.
Blog text (18) -
And with a Republican majority in the House, Obama would have little chance of reenacting it.
Blog text (5) -
The bill also reenacts a priority-based system for the distribution of family planning funds and allocates funds for family planning services and alternatives to abortion.
Blog text (18) -
The bill also funds family planning services, reenacts a priority-based system for distributing family planning funds, and limits state employee participation in abortion.
Blog text (18) -
When an internal crisis and U.S. policy encouraged reforms in the 1960 to 1963 period, votes for women were included, and in 1967, women's rights in marriage, divorce, and custody were significantly improved under the Family Protection Law (FPL), which was reenacted and strengthened in 1975.
Academic text (2007) -
And be it further enacted, that the act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights and furnish the means of their vindication, passed April 9, 1886, is hereby reenacted, and said act, except the first and second sections thereof, is hereby referred to and made a part of this act.
Academic text (2017) -
The students decided to reenact the historical battle for their school project.
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In the documentary, experts reenact key moments from the investigation to illustrate the events.
Synonyms
175
2.8
Make a card or agreement valid again after it ends
110
5.8
To return a person or thing to a previous position like a job
42
6.8
Bring something back into use after it was forgotten
6
6.1
To start again a rule or practice that stopped
5
6.5
To put a rule or law back in place after it was removed
3
2.9
Repeat a test or experiment to check the results
1
6.0
To make something correct and usable again or check it still works
1
8.0
Make a cancelled legal document effective again
To bring a rule or law back into use
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reenact is formed from re- ('again') and enact ('to make law' or like act, 'to do'). So, to reenact a law is to make it valid again, and by extension it can also mean to repeat or perform past actions again.