Definition of legislate Legislate

/lɛˈʤɪslejˌt/ - [lejisleyt] - leg•is•late

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What does legislate mean?

Verb legislates, legislating, legislated
legislate - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
		pass
		enact, ordain act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

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legislate (Verb)
To pass laws including the amending or repeal of existing laws.

legislate
lej′is-lāt, v.i. to bring forward, propose, or make laws.—n. Legislā′tion.—adj. Leg′islative, giving or enacting laws: pertaining to legislation, or a legislature.—n. a body of persons, or a single person, with powers to enact laws.—adv. Leg′islatively.—n. Leg′islator, one who makes laws: a lawgiver:—fem. Leg′islatress.—adj. Legislatō′rial, of or pertaining to a legislature.—ns. Leg′islatorship; Leg′islature, the body of men in a state who have the power of making laws.—Legislative assembly (see Assembly); Legislative power, the power to make laws.—Class legislation, legislation affecting the interests of a particular class. [L. lex, legis, law, ferre, latum, to bear.]