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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
re-enact .
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Examples
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In an emotional stupor, the mother stands up to reject the playwright's rendition of the ending, and re-enacts her own--the son does not commit suicide and she accepts him and his lover.
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No less august a theologian and philosopher than Mgr Robert Sokolowski maintains this when he says that the Eucharist re-enacts the sacrifice of Calvary.
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In the book, Benedict re-enacts Jesus' final hours, then analyzes each Gospel account to explain why Jews as a whole cannot be blamed for having turned him over.
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Murdoch re-enacts a scene of a man overwhelmed by the particular kind of embarrassment inspired by a beautiful woman.
Love, Belle and Sebastian-style Laura Barton 2010
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About 15 million people will watch her tousle that dyed blonde hair as she gamely re-enacts one of her iconic performances.
Mara Reinstein: Oh Baby, Baby: Britney Spears Makes a Comeback Mara Reinstein 2010
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In the book, Benedict re-enacts Jesus' final hours, then analyzes each Gospel account to explain why Jews as a whole cannot be blamed for having turned him over.
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It's an Errol Morris film -- which makes it worth viewing in and of itself -- that dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.
Delia Lloyd: 5 Documentaries Worth Seeing Delia Lloyd 2011
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It's an Errol Morris film -- which makes it worth viewing in and of itself -- that dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.
Delia Lloyd: 5 Documentaries Worth Seeing Delia Lloyd 2011
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It's an Errol Morris film -- which makes it worth viewing in and of itself -- that dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.
Delia Lloyd: 5 Documentaries Worth Seeing Delia Lloyd 2011
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About 15 million people will watch her tousle that dyed blonde hair as she gamely re-enacts one of her iconic performances.
Mara Reinstein: Oh Baby, Baby: Britney Spears Makes a Comeback Mara Reinstein 2010
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