- legislate as a verb:
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legislate
verb
1 legislate
Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation:
— We cannot legislate how people spend their free time.
synonym: pass.
Roget 963: legalize; enact, ordain; decree etc. (order) 741; pass a law, enact a regulation; legislate; codify, formulate; regulate.
Dutch: passeren, verlijden, wetten maken
Moby thesaurus: authorize, constitute, declare lawful, decree, enact, enact laws, establish, filibuster, formulate, get the floor, have the floor, kill, legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lobby through, logroll, make a regulation, make legal ... show more.
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