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.'
When a government 'enacts' a law, it’s literally 'acting it into reality.' The same word works for both theater and politics, showing how power and performance are closely linked. Laws are, in a way, scripted behaviors for a whole society.
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