reenact

See also: reënact and re-enact

English

Alternative forms

• re-enact, reënact

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English enact

English reenact

From re- + enact.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹi.ɪˈnækt/, /ɹi.əˈnækt/, /ɹi.ɛnˈækt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

reenact (third-person singular simple present reenacts, present participle reenacting, simple past and past participle reenacted)

1. To enact again.
2. To recreate an event, especially a historical battle.

Derived terms

• reenactable
• reenactment
• reenactor

Translations

To enact again

• German: nachstellen (de)
• Indonesian: meraga ulang
• Irish: athachtaigh
• Manx: aa-aght, aachloie
• Spanish: reenactuar

To recreate an event, especially a historical battle

• Dutch: naspelen (nl)
• Indonesian: mereka ulang
• Irish: athléirigh
• Russian: реконструировать (ru) (rekonstruirovatʹ)
• Spanish: reenactuar
• Swedish: återuppföra, återuppleva (sv), rekonstruera (sv), iscensätta (sv), återskapa (sv)

Anagrams

• centare, crenate, enacter, trecena