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LEGISLATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they legislate ... he / she / it legislates
Past simple: legislated
Past participle: legislated
-ing form: legislating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
Example:
We cannot legislate how people spend their free time
Synonyms:
legislate; pass
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "legislate" is one way to...):
enact; ordain (order by virtue of superior authority; decree)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)
legislation (law enacted by a legislative body)
legislative (of or relating to or created by legislation)
legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)
legislature (persons who make or amend or repeal laws)
