Antonyms for re-enact
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-akt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈækt |
Definition of re-enact
Origin :- also reenact, 1670s, from re- "back, again" + enact. Originally of laws, etc.; meaning "to perform again, reproduce" is recorded from 1854. Related: Re-enacted; re-enacting.
- As in interpret : verb make sense of; define
- As in rehearse : verb prepare for performance
- As in reproduce : verb make more copies of
- To re-enact the tragedies of the Sixteenth Century, they lack only the power.
- Extract from : « The Ghosts » by Robert G. Ingersoll
- Being on the spot where she had first met him, she could re-enact the scene.
- Extract from : « The Side Of The Angels » by Basil King
- In the doorway they stood and tried to re-enact the happenings of the night.
- Extract from : « Left Tackle Thayer » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- He was willing, two years later, to re-enact the treaty, in196 spite of its humiliating terms.
- Extract from : « The Turkish Empire, its Growth and Decay » by Lord Eversley
- It was then thought high time to re-enact the old Act of Common Council temp.
- Extract from : « London and the Kingdom - Volume III » by Reginald R. Sharpe
- One of the earliest measures of Philip's reign was to re-enact the dread edict of 1550.
- Extract from : « The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. » by Arthur Mee
- The American citizen should early learn to govern himself, and to re-enact the civil law by free consent.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 » by Various
- He was an enthusiast for the ancien regime, and was trying to re-enact literally the family life of the last Bourbons.
- Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
- One of the earliest measures of his reign was to re-enact the dread edict of 1550.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 » by John Lothrop Motley
- They try to re-enact the Elizabethan statute of laborers, to bring back the days of handicrafts, of journeyman and apprentice.
- Extract from : « Socialism and Democracy in Europe » by Samuel P. Orth
Synonyms for re-enact
- act
- adapt
- annotate
- carbon
- clarify
- clone
- comment
- commentate
- construe
- copy
- decipher
- decode
- delineate
- depict
- describe
- do again
- do over
- drill
- dry run
- dupe
- duplicate
- echo
- elucidate
- emulate
- enact
- engross
- exemplify
- experiment
- explain
- explicate
- expound
- follow
- gather
- gloss
- go over
- go through
- hold a reading
- hone
- illustrate
- image
- imitate
- improvise
- iterate
- knock off
- learn one's part
- limn
- make of
- manifold
- match
- mimeo
- mimeograph
- mimic
- mirror
- narrate
- parallel
- paraphrase
- perform
- photocopy
- photograph
- Photostat
- picture
- pirate
- play
- portray
- practice
- read
- ready
- reawaken
- recapitulate
- recite
- recount
- recreate
- redo
- reduplicate
- reenact
- reflect
- reiterate
- relate
- relive
- remake
- render
- repeat
- replicate
- represent
- reprint
- restamp
- review
- revive
- run lines
- run through
- solve
- spell out
- stereotype
- study
- take
- take from the top
- tell
- test
- throw light on
- train
- transcribe
- translate
- try out
- tune up
- type
- understand
- view
- walk through
- warm up
- work out
- Xerox
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