Obs. [f. next vb.] That which is enacted, an enactment; also fig. a purpose, resolution.

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1467.  in Eng. Gilds (1870), 390. By the enacte of this present yelde. Ibid., 404. This enacte so to endure by force of this present yelde.

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1588.  Shaks., Tit. A., IV. ii. 118. The close enacts and counsels of the hart.

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