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legislate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb legislate has 1 sense
- legislate(v = verb.social) pass - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" is one way to enact, ordain
Derived forms noun legislation2, noun legislation1, adjective legislative2, noun legislator1, noun legislature1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
legislate, v. i. [See Legislator.].
To make or enact a law or laws. [1913 Webster]
"Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
legislate, v.intr.
1 make laws.
2 (foll. by for) make provision by law.
1 make laws.
2 (foll. by for) make provision by law.
Etymology
back-form. f. LEGISLATION
THESAURUS
legislate
authorize, constitute, declare lawful, decree, enact, enact laws, establish, filibuster, formulate, get the floor, have the floor, kill, legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lobby through, logroll, make a regulation, make legal, ordain, pass, pigeonhole, pocket, prescribe, put in force, put through, railroad through, regulate, roll logs, sanction, table, take the floor, validate, veto, yield the floorROGET THESAURUS
legislate
Legality
VB legalize, enact, ordain, decree, pass a law, enact a regulation, legislate, codify, formulate, regulate.
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