• v.
    ⦿order by virtue of superior authority; decree
    lexical concept
  • The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
  • the legislature enacted this law in 1985

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
lexinfo:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:enact
  2. enl:ordain
wn:interlingual indexili:i33871

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelenactordain