Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring into action or a state of activity.
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Examples
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Prop 13 has been amended to allow for a 55% voter majority to inact a property tax increase.
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Then my friends our enemies we will have a precident and "clear" need to inact more "reaonable" controls ...
The F-Team 2008
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Perhaps inact a law that says if your od'ing on heroin-you can't get any medical aid-but of course some will say it in humane..
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Prop 13 has been amended to allow for a 55% voter majority to inact a property tax increase.
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No matter how great Hillary's ideas are, the sad truth is that many people will not even give her the opportunity to inact those ideas simply because a Clinton is proposing them.
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The people of the world, through our United Nations Security Council, should fund and inact methods by which we could reduce and eventually put an end to torture by any groupin any nation.
OpEdNews - Diary: Nun Torture Victim Informs President and Us 2009
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No matter how great Hillary's ideas are, the sad truth is that many people will not even give her the opportunity to inact those ideas simply because a Clinton is proposing them.
Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't 2009
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For example leading up to war, a government may impose higher taxes and inact rationing.
Multicollinearity and Micronumerosity, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: State police inact police state: there's more to this spying business than the agency has divulged
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State police inact police state: there's more to this spying business than the agency has divulged
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