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LEGISLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does legislate mean?
• LEGISLATE (verb)
The verb LEGISLATE has 1 sense:
1. make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
Familiarity information: LEGISLATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... 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
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
legislate; pass
Context example:
We cannot legislate how people spend their free time
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)
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