Definition of "enact"

enact

/ɪˈnækt/

verb
third-person singular simple present enacts, present participle enacting, simple past and past participle enacted
1. (transitive, law) To make (a bill) into law.
2. (transitive) To act the part of; to play.
  Quotations
  I did enact Julius Caesar.
  c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii]
3. (transitive) To do; to effect.
  Quotations
  The king enacts more wonders than a man.
  c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene iv]