Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to enact
Participle: enacted
Gerund: enacting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | enact |
| you | enact |
| he;she;it | enacts |
| we | enact |
| you | enact |
| they | enact |
Perfect
| I | have enacted |
| you | have enacted |
| he;she;it | has enacted |
| we | have enacted |
| you | have enacted |
| they | have enacted |
Past
| I | enacted |
| you | enacted |
| he;she;it | enacted |
| we | enacted |
| you | enacted |
| they | enacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had enacted |
| you | had enacted |
| he;she;it | had enacted |
| we | had enacted |
| you | had enacted |
| they | had enacted |
Future
| I | will enact |
| you | will enact |
| he;she;it | will enact |
| we | will enact |
| you | will enact |
| they | will enact |
Future Perfect
| I | will have enacted |
| you | will have enacted |
| he;she;it | will have enacted |
| we | will have enacted |
| you | will have enacted |
| they | will have enacted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | enact |
| you | enact |
| he;she;it | enact |
| we | enact |
| you | enact |
| they | enact |
Perfect
| I | have enacted |
| you | have enacted |
| he;she;it | have enacted |
| we | have enacted |
| you | have enacted |
| they | have enacted |
Imperfect
| I | enacted |
| you | enacted |
| he;she;it | enacted |
| we | enacted |
| you | enacted |
| they | enacted |
Pluperfect
| I | had enacted |
| you | had enacted |
| he;she;it | had enacted |
| we | had enacted |
| you | had enacted |
| they | had enacted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would enact |
| you | would enact |
| he;she;it | would enact |
| we | would enact |
| you | would enact |
| they | would enact |
Perfect
| I | would have enacted |
| you | would have enacted |
| he;she;it | would have enacted |
| we | would have enacted |
| you | would have enacted |
| they | would have enacted |
Imperative
| you | enact |
| we | Let's enact |
| you | enact |
Verbs conjugated like 'enact'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'enact'
exact,
act,
adact,
coact,
coenact,
east,
eat,
eject,
elect,
enarch,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] days. The town is beautifully situated in a basin of green hills; the soil is rich, well-wooded, and carefully improved. It is the seat of the local legislature of Connecticut, which sage body enacted, in bygone times, the renowned code of ‘Blue Laws, ’ in virtue whereof, among other enlightened provisions, any citizen who could be proved to have kissed his wife on Sunday, was punishable, I [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the Bold Smuggler; of Paul Jones the Pirate, and the like: on which the painted eyes of Queen Victoria, and of Washington to boot, rest in as strange companionship, as on most of the scenes that are enacted in their wondering presence.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] various directions; she would climb the posts, and hang head downward from the tops; flourish the sheets and spreads all over the apartment; dress the bolster up in Miss Ophelia's night-clothes, and enact various performances with that,—singing and whistling, and making grimaces at herself in the looking-glass; in short, as Miss Ophelia phrased it, “ raising Cain ” generally.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)