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verb (used without object)
1.
to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
verb (used with object)
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Legislate
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
Related forms
o·ver·leg·is·late, verb, o·ver·leg·is·lat·ed, o·ver·leg·is·lat·ing.
qua·si-leg·is·lat·ed, adjective
un·leg·is·lat·ed, adjective
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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