REENACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reenact mean? 

• REENACT (verb)
  The verb REENACT has 3 senses:

1. enact or perform again

2. enact again

3. act out; represent or perform as if in a play

  Familiarity information: REENACT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REENACT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reenact    ... he / she / it reenacts   
Past simple: reenacted   
Past participle: reenacted   
-ing form: reenacting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enact or perform again

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

They reenacted the battle of Princeton

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 2

Meaning:

Enact again

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

Congress reenacted the law

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

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

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Act out; represent or perform as if in a play

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

act out; enact; reenact

Context example:

She reenacted what had happened earlier that day

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something