Meaning of "re-enact" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF RE-ENACT

re-enact

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RE-ENACT

Re-Enact is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb re-enact in English.

WHAT DOES RE-ENACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Historical reenactment

Historical reenactment is an educational or entertainment activity in which people follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or period. This may be as narrow as a specific moment from a battle, such as the reenactment of Pickett's Charge presented during the Great Reunion of 1913, or as broad as an entire period, such as Regency reenactment or The 1920s Berlin Project.

Definition of re-enact in the English dictionary

The definition of re-enact in the dictionary is to represent or perform that has happened before.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RE-ENACT

PRESENT

Present

I re-enact

you re-enact

he/she/it re-enacts

we re-enact

you re-enact

they re-enact

Present continuous

I am re-enacting

you are re-enacting

he/she/it is re-enacting

we are re-enacting

you are re-enacting

they are re-enacting

Present perfect

I have re-enacted

you have re-enacted

he/she/it has re-enacted

we have re-enacted

you have re-enacted

they have re-enacted

Present perfect continuous

I have been re-enacting

you have been re-enacting

he/she/it has been re-enacting

we have been re-enacting

you have been re-enacting

they have been re-enacting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I re-enacted

you re-enacted

he/she/it re-enacted

we re-enacted

you re-enacted

they re-enacted

Past continuous

I was re-enacting

you were re-enacting

he/she/it was re-enacting

we were re-enacting

you were re-enacting

they were re-enacting

Past perfect

I had re-enacted

you had re-enacted

he/she/it had re-enacted

we had re-enacted

you had re-enacted

they had re-enacted

Past perfect continuous

I had been re-enacting

you had been re-enacting

he/she/it had been re-enacting

we had been re-enacting

you had been re-enacting

they had been re-enacting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will re-enact

you will re-enact

he/she/it will re-enact

we will re-enact

you will re-enact

they will re-enact

Future continuous

I will be re-enacting

you will be re-enacting

he/she/it will be re-enacting

we will be re-enacting

you will be re-enacting

they will be re-enacting

Future perfect

I will have re-enacted

you will have re-enacted

he/she/it will have re-enacted

we will have re-enacted

you will have re-enacted

they will have re-enacted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been re-enacting

you will have been re-enacting

he/she/it will have been re-enacting

we will have been re-enacting

you will have been re-enacting

they will have been re-enacting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would re-enact

you would re-enact

he/she/it would re-enact

we would re-enact

you would re-enact

they would re-enact

Conditional continuous

I would be re-enacting

you would be re-enacting

he/she/it would be re-enacting

we would be re-enacting

you would be re-enacting

they would be re-enacting

Conditional perfect

I would have re-enact

you would have re-enact

he/she/it would have re-enact

we would have re-enact

you would have re-enact

they would have re-enact

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been re-enacting

you would have been re-enacting

he/she/it would have been re-enacting

we would have been re-enacting

you would have been re-enacting

they would have been re-enacting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you re-enact
we let´s re-enact
you re-enact

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to re-enact

Past participle

re-enacted

Present Participle

re-enacting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF RE-ENACT

Find out the translation of re-enact to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of re-enact from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «re-enact» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 重新制定
• Translator English - Spanish: revalidan
• English: re-enact
• Translator English - Hindi: फिर से अधिनियमित
• Translator English - Arabic: يعيدون تمثيل
• Translator English - Russian: повторно принять
• Translator English - Portuguese: reencenar
• Translator English - Bengali: পুনরায় আইন পাস
• Translator English - French: adopter de nouveau
• Translator English - Malay: Semula
• Translator English - German: nachspielen
• Translator English - Japanese: 再制定
• Translator English - Korean: 재 제정
• Translator English - Javanese: Re-enact
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tái ban hành
• Translator English - Tamil: மறு இயற்ற
• Translator English - Marathi: पुन्हा एनएक्ट करा
• Translator English - Turkish: tekrarlamak
• Translator English - Italian: ricostruire
• Translator English - Polish: ponowne uchwalenie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: повторно прийняти
• Translator English - Romanian: reconstitui
• Translator English - Greek: αναπαρασταίνουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: re-enactment
• Translator English - Swedish: återskapa
• Translator English - Norwegian: re -iverksette

2 QUOTES WITH «RE-ENACT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word re-enact.

1

Chelsea Handler

It's a pleasure to play my sister because everything I've accused her of my whole life, I can now re-enact before her eyes.

2

Nik Wallenda

The mist was so challenging and the winds hit me, definitely more than I expected. It was definitely those winds, you can't re-enact them, you can't recreate them. Then my forearms started to tense up and you feel like running.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RE-ENACT»

Discover the use of re-enact in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to re-enact and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Mirror of Parliament

My Lords, I believe it is the first time in the history of its legislation, that Parliament has been called upon to give a power to a body to revive and re-enact temporary laws which, for anything that appears upon the face of the Bill, Parliament ...

John Henry Barrow, 1839

The Mirror of Parliament for the ... Session of the ... ...

My Lords, I believe it is the first time in the history of its legislation, that Parliament has been called upon to give a power to a body to revive and re-enact temporary laws which, for anything that appears upon the face of the Bill, Parliament ...

John Henry Barrow, 1839

The Parliamentary Debates (Authorized Edition)

You are not going to re-enact the appropriation to pay the persons twice over. No, you say. Well, then, are you to leave the money which is to be raised under this Act unappropriated altogether? For what purpose do you arm the Governor in ...

Great Britain. Parliament, William Cobbett, Thomas Curson Hansard, 1839

Parliamentary Debates: Official Report : ... Session of the ...

Sir J. Nicholl, in explanation, disavowed any wish to re-enact the restrictions from which the Catholics had already been relieved. So far was he from entertaining any disposition of that nature, that, were such a proposition made, it would meet ...

Thomas C. Hansard, 1812

Hansard's Parliamentary Debates

If Parliament does not retain that power itself, I humbly ask upon what authority can Parliament delegate it to the governor ? What, my Lords, re-enact temporary money bills! The Assembly enjoys, and from its first establishment has enjoyed, ...

Great Britain. Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard, 1839

Mirror of Parliament

My Lords, I believe it is the first time in the history of its legislation, that Parliament has been called upon to give a power to a body to revive and re-enact temporary laws which, for anything that appears upon the face of the Bill, Parliament ...

‎1839

Jamaica: The speech ... at the bar of the House of Lords, ...

My Lords, I believe it is the first time in the history of its legislation, that Parliament has been called upon to give a power to a body to revive and re-enact temporary laws which, for any thing that appears upon the face of the Bill, Parliament ...

William Burge, 1839

The Noble Death: Graeco-Roman Martyrology and Paul's Concept ...

By mentally tracing each grisly detail (which the author makes sure they do), the listeners/readers imaginatively re-enact the martyrs' deaths. This strengthens them in case it should be necessary to re-enact the deaths literally (cf. 7.8-9; 14.9 ).

David Seeley, 1990

Poetry as Performance: Homer and Beyond

dary.57 Once you start imitating something that is no longer absolute, however, you can no longer re-enact the absolute: then you can only make a copy, and your model may be also just a copy. I have just described here the general mentality ...

Gregory Nagy, 1996

History as a Science: The Philosophy of R.G. Collingwood

[T]o re-enact the past in the present is to re-enact it in a context which gives it a new quality. This context is the negation of the past itself. ... For Dante, the Commedia was his whole world. For me, the Commedia is at most half my world, the ...

Jan van der Dussen, 2012

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RE-ENACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term re-enact is used in the context of the following news items.

This interactive basketball court lets you re-enact Michael Jordan …

Wired wrote about "The Last Shot," a pop-up experience in New York for the All-Star Game created by Jordan Brand to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Air ... «SB Nation, Feb 15»

Students in Dripping Spring re-enact battle at the Alamo

Teachers in Dripping Springs came up with a unique way to help their history students remember the Alamo. 1,500 middle school students re-enacted the battle ... «MyFox Austin, Nov 14»

Jefferson County students reenact Revolutionary War

Using mock guns with flour for gun powder, 600 Jefferson County students re-enacted the Battle of Brandywine Friday. History records the battle as one lost by ... «9NEWS.com, Apr 14»

Couple Enlists Kids to Re-Enact Love Story for Ultimate 'Save the …

When asked why this engaged couple decided to go against the grain by making a video for their "Save the Date" wedding announcements, the groom's answer ... «ABC News, Jan 14»

Fat Jew Gets Hookers to Re-enact "Braveheart" Battle Scene

In this inaugural episode of "Hookers Do Non-Sexual Stuff," Fat Jew calls over 2 hookers and convinces them not to have sex with him, but to re-enact the epic ... «YouTube, Nov 12»