enacted
i-NAKT-id/ɪˈnæktɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of enact.
Congress enacted the bill after months of heated debate.
The reforms enacted last year have already shortened hospital wait times.
Note
One spelling does two jobs, as with any regular -ed verb. It is the simple past (Congress enacted the bill) and the past participle after has or was (has enacted, was enacted into law). Every meaning of enact takes an object: passing a law, playing a part, carrying something out. So the participle turns up readily in passives and after nouns: laws enacted in haste, a scene enacted on stage.
enacted is a form of enact
enact, verb: To make a bill into law through formal legislative approval. Full entry
- Spelling
- enact → enacted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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