Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Enact

Enact , transitive verb

1.
To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
2.
To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obsolete]
The king enacts more wonders than a man. — Shakespeare
3.
To act the part of; to represent; to play.
I did enact Julius Caesar. — Shakespeare
Collocations (1)
Enacting clause , that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.

Enact , noun

Purpose; determination. [Obsolete]