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REENACT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act out; represent or perform as if in a play

Example:

She reenacted what had happened earlier that day

Synonyms:

act out; enact; reenact

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "reenact" is one way to...):

act; play; represent (play a role or part)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Enact or perform again

Example:

They reenacted the battle of Princeton

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "reenact" is one way to...):

re-create (create anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

reenactment (performing a role in an event that occurred at an earlier time)

reenactor (a person who enacts a role in an event that occurred earlier)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Enact again

Example:

Congress reenacted the law

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "reenact" is one way to...):

enact; ordain (order by virtue of superior authority; decree)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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