Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb reenact

3 senses of reenact

Sense 1
reenact -- (enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton")
       => re-create -- (create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale")

Sense 2
reenact -- (enact again; "Congress reenacted the law")
       => ordain, enact -- (order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985")

Sense 3
enact, reenact, act out -- (act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day")
       => act, play, represent -- (play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master")

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