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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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