verb
- to perform or act out (a past event) again
- to enact (a law) again
Usage: legal
Examples
- The students will reenact the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- Civil War enthusiasts gather annually to reenact famous battles.
- The documentary reenacted the events leading up to the disaster.
- Congress voted to reenact the expired legislation.
- The theater group plans to reenact scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.
- Historians reenacted the ancient Roman ceremony for the film.
- The law was reenacted with minor modifications.