Enact and Take

Enact

Enact verb - To put into effect through legislative or authoritative action.

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Take and enact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Enact".

Nearby Words: enactment, enacting

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Enact and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Enact" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

action	enact action	take action
part	enact part	take part
moment	enact moment	take moment
time	enact time	take time
Other words: punishment, revenge, orders, measures.

Downer Ending: The end of "No Girls Allowed": They get enough signatures to reinstate Bella, but are told that it would take 30 days to enact...thus after the championship game, so Bella wasn't allowed to play.

Source: Series / Bella And The Bulldogs
Pinky and the Brain, the laboratory mice trying to take over the world, frequently escape from their lab in order to enact whatever their latest scheme is.

Source: Escaped from the Lab
An entire army uses it to enact genocide, and the survivors take the same power to fight back.

Source: Internal Deconstruction

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