Specifically: To enact into law, again; as, Congress reenacted the environmental law, which had expired.
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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.
... first balcony, and there on my feet and in complete absorption, I saw in wondrous procession Hamlet, Lear, Othello, Petruchio, Sir Giles Overreach, Macbeth, Iago, and Richelieu emerge from the shadow and re-enact their tragic lives before my eyes. These were my purple, splendid hours. From the light of this glorious mimic world I stumbled down the stairs out into the night, careless of wind or snow, my brain in a tumult of revolt, my ... — A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland
... expulsion, and that only in the way of self-defence against positively noxious and dangerous members. Let the civil law take care of civil offences. The American citizen should early learn to govern himself, and to re-enact the civil law by free consent. Let easy and familiar relations be established between teachers and taught, and personal influence will do more for the maintenance of order than the most elaborate code. Experience ... — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 • Various
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