Meaning

1 senses
  1. To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).

    If they can't get people to do the right thing by talking then they will try to legislate and enforce the statutes.

    Candidates always promise to legislate change.

    Gesetze geben, Gesetze beschließen, Gesetze verordnen

    издава́ть зако́ныizdavátʹ zakóny, законода́тельствоватьzakonodátelʹstvovatʹ

More definitions
  • make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

Examples

3 sentences
  1. It's not possible to legislate against stupidity.

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  2. Governments should not be in the business of legislating morality.

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  3. Why are Senators sitting and not legislating?

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
pass laws:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pass laws:

Origin

Back-formation from legislation, legislator.

Back-formation from legislation, legislator.

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Forms

legislates, legislating, legislated, legislated
Base formlegislate · to legislate
3rd person singularlegislates
Present participlelegislating
Past simplelegislated
Past participlelegislated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylegislate
he, she, itlegislates

Past simpleLesson

all personslegislated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave legislated
he, she, ithas legislated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill legislate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation:pass

Word family

9 related words

See also

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