reenact

3 definitions found

reenact - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reenact \Re`en*act"\, Re-enact \Re`-en*act"\(r?`?n*?kt"), v. t.
     1. To enact again.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Specifically: To enact into law, again; as, Congress
        reenacted the environmental law, which had expired.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. 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.
  
     Syn: model, reenact, simulate, act out.
          [WordNet 1.5 + PJC]

reenact - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  reenact
      v 1: enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of
           Princeton"
      2: enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"
      3: act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted
         what had happened earlier that day" [syn: enact, reenact,
         act out]

reenact - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "reenact":
     give back, place in, put back, reactivate, reconstitute, reconvert,
     recruit, reestablish, refill, reform, rehabilitate, reinstall,
     reinstate, reinstitute, reintegrate, reinvest, replace, replenish,
     restore, return, revest