Reenact \Re`en*act"\, Re-enact \Re`-en*act"\(r?`?n*?kt"), v. t.
1. To enact again.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifically: To enact into law, again; as, Congress
reenacted the environmental law, which had expired.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. To perform (an action) as a simulation of a prior event;
as, She re-enacted what had happened earlier that day; the
historical society reenacted the signing of the
Declaration of Independence; the militia reenacted the
battle of Trenton.
Syn: model, reenact, simulate, act out.
[WordNet 1.5 + PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
reenact
v 1: enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of
Princeton"
2: enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"
3: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She
reenacted what had happened earlier that day" [syn: enact,
act out]
WordNet (r) 2.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "reenact":
give back, place in, put back, reactivate, reconstitute, reconvert,
recruit, reestablish, refill, reform, rehabilitate, reinstall,
reinstate, reinstitute, reintegrate, reinvest, replace, replenish,
restore, return, revest
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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