Enact

/ɪˈnækt/ verb

To make a proposal or idea into an official law or rule. It can also mean to perform or act out a story or role.

From Latin prefix *in-* ('in, into') plus English *act* from Latin *actum* ('a thing done'). It originally meant 'to perform on stage' and later took on the sense of formally 'acting into law.'

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