Definition of Reenact

1. Verb. Enact or perform again. "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"

Generic synonyms: Re-create
Derivative terms: Reenactment, Reenactor

2. Verb. Enact again. "Congress reenacted the law"
Generic synonyms: Enact, Ordain

3. Verb. Act out; represent or perform as if in a play. "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
Exact synonyms: Act Out, Enact
Generic synonyms: Act, Play, Represent
Derivative terms: Enactment

Definition of Reenact

1. Verb. To enact again. ¹

2. Verb. To recreate an event, especially a historical battle. ¹

3. Verb. (alternative spelling of reenact) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reenact

1. enact [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: enact

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reenact

reemphasize
reemphasized
reemphasizes
reemphasizing
reemploy
reemployed
reemploying
reemployment
reemployments
reemploys
reen
reenable
reenabled
reenables
reenabling
reenact (current term)
reenacted
reenacting
reenaction
reenactions
reenactment
reenactments
reenactor
reenactors
reenacts
reencode
reencoded
reencodes
reencoding
reencounter

Literary usage of Reenact

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... the malignants of the cowl and the hood were not least among the influences that were to reenact upon the English settler the horrors of Schenectady. ..."

2. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... the malignants of the cowl and the hood were not least among the influences that were to reenact upon the English settler the horrors of Schenectady. ..."

3. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"And the further fact that it was thought necessary to reenact those odious laws frequently in subsequent Irish Parliaments proves that they were not carried ..."

4. Extension of Morrill Acts to District of Columbia by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (1910)
"... and Congress was asked to reenact the clause of the original charter of 1821, providing that no person should be excluded from membership on the board ..."

5. Salmon Portland Chase by Albert Bushnell Hart (1899)
"Sir," exclaimed Chase, " I should like to know what laws we are to reenact if we are not to reenact the will of God — the rights of human nature are not ..."

6. Police Body Armor Standards and Testing by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1992)
"Let n,be the number of (2-shot) tests conducted in the lab to reenact the shots that caused no injury rated AIS 4 or higher; n,is the number of controls. ..."

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