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Synonyms for re-enacting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-akt
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈækt

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Définition of re-enacting

Origin :
  • early 15c., from en- (1) "make, put in" + act. Related: Enacted; enacting.
  • As in interpret : verb make sense of; define
  • As in rehearse : verb prepare for performance
  • As in reproduce : verb make more copies of
Example sentences :
  • I feel as though I were re-enacting a worn-out scene in some way.
  • Extract from : « The Light of the Star » by Hamlin Garland
  • But had not the legislature the right of re-enacting, if it was necessary?
  • Extract from : « Peter Plymley's Letters » by Sydney Smith
  • The very notion of re-enacting implies their previous expiration.
  • Extract from : « Tracts on the Sabbath » by Various
  • What necessity is there for re-enacting laws which never expired?
  • Extract from : « Tracts on the Sabbath » by Various
  • It seems likely that the Assembly had no more in mind in re-enacting this law than the emphasizing of a vital principle.
  • Extract from : « Give Me Liberty » by Thomas J. Wertenbaker
  • But as for the re-enacting of laws, it is a thing altogether unknown in the New Covenant, and inconsistent with its nature.
  • Extract from : « Tracts on the Sabbath » by Various
  • The change from a commemoration of the Passion to a re-enacting of it came slowly in the Greek church.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 » by Various
  • When Sœur Julie came to this part of the tale, she made a beautiful, unconscious gesture, re-enacting the part she had played.
  • Extract from : « Everyman's Land » by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
  • In the summer of 1897, the act was at last repealed, but always with the unavowed intention of re-enacting it in another form.
  • Extract from : « Boer Politics » by Yves Guyot

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