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leg·is·late

Audio Help [lej-is-leyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to create, provide, or control by legislation: attempts to legislate morality.

[Origin: 1710–20; back formation from legislation, legislator

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leg·is·late Audio Help   (lěj'ĭ-slāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   leg·is·lat·ed, leg·is·lat·ing, leg·is·lates

v.   intr.
To create or pass laws.

v.   tr.
To create or bring about by or as if by legislation.

[Back-formation from legislator.]

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legislate
verb
make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"

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legislate [ˈledʒisleit] verb

to make laws
Example: The government plan to legislate against the import of foreign cars.

Arabic:	يَسُنُّ أو يَشْتَرِعُ القَوانين
Chinese (Simplified):	立法
Chinese (Traditional):	立法
Czech:	vydat zákon
Danish:	lovgive
Dutch:	wetten maken
Estonian:	seadusi andma
Finnish:	säätää lakeja
French:	légiférer
German:	Gesetze geben
Greek:	νομοθετώ
Hungarian:	törvényt alkot
Icelandic:	setja lög
Indonesian:	menjadikan undang-undang
Italian:	legiferare

Japanese:	法律を制定する
Korean:	법률을 제정하다, 입법하다
Latvian:	izdot likumu
Lithuanian:	(iš)leisti įstatymą, *įstatymus
Norwegian:	gi lover
Polish:	wprowadzać ustawodawstwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	legislar
Portuguese (Portugal):	legislar
Romanian:	a legifera
Russian:	издавать законы
Slovak:	vydať zákon
Slovenian:	sestavljati zakone
Spanish:	legislar
Swedish:	lagstifta
Turkish:	yasamak, kanun yapmak

See also: legislative, legislator, legislature, legislation

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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).

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