enacture en · NOUN
Etymology
From enact + -ure, a Shakespearean coinage.
Meanings
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(obsolete) action, act of enacting
The violence of either grief or joy Their own enactures with themselves destroy.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| enactures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |