reenact

See also: reënact and re-enact

English

Alternative forms

• re-enact, reënact

Etymology

re- +‎ enact

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹi.ɪnækt/, /ɹi.ənækt/, /ɹi.ɛnækt/

• 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

• reenactor
• reenactment

Translations

To enact again

• German: nachstellen (de)
• Irish: athachtaigh
• Manx: aa-aght, aachloie

To recreate an event, especially a historical battle

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

Anagrams

• centare, crenate, enacter, trecena