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Enact
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To establish by law; to perform or effect; to decree.

Enact, sometimes used synonymously with adopt, is generally applied to legislative rather than executive action.

TO ENACT. To establish by law; to perform or effect; to decree. The usual formula in making laws is, Be it enacted.
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