verb
Meaning 1
To enact again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reenact
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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verb
Meaning 2
To recreate an event, especially a historical battle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
act out; represent or perform as if in a play
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She reenacted what had happened earlier that day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enact, act out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, play, represent
verb
Meaning 4
enact or perform again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They reenacted the battle of Princeton
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: re-create
verb
Meaning 5
enact again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Congress reenacted the law
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ordain, enact
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English enact English reenact From re- + enact.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: nachstellen — To enact again
- Indonesian: meraga ulang — To enact again
- Irish: athachtaigh — To enact again
- Manx: aa-aght — To enact again
- Manx: aachloie — To enact again
- Spanish: reenactuar — To enact again
- Dutch: naspelen — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle
- Indonesian: mereka ulang — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle
- Irish: athléirigh — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle
- Russian: реконструировать (rekonstruirovatʹ) — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle
- Spanish: reenactuar — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle
- Swedish: återuppföra — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle
- Swedish: återuppleva — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle
- Swedish: rekonstruera — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle
- Swedish: iscensätta — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle
- Swedish: återskapa — To recreate an event, especially a historical battle