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legislate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Legislated} (-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr & vb n. {Legislating} (-l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See {Legislator}.] To make or enact a law or laws. Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them --Bp. Watson (1805). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: legislate v : make laws, bills, etc.: "They passed the amendment" [syn: {pass}]
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