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 Definitions of legislate  [ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪt]  

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Definition of 'legislate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) legislate
to make or enact laws.

2. (v.t.) legislate
to create or control by legislation:
attempts to legislate morality.

Etymology:  (1710–20; back formation from legislation , legislator)

Definition of 'legislate' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'legislate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) legislate
to make a law affecting sth
Congress has legislated for/against these types of transactions.


Definition of 'legislate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) legislate
to make or enact a law or laws


Translation of 'legislate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wette maak Arabic flag Arabic: يَسُنُّ أو يَشْتَرِعُ الق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: законодателствам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: legislar Czech flag Czech: vydat zákon German flag German: Gesetze geben
Danish flag Danish: lovgive Greek flag Greek: νομοθετώ Spanish flag Spanish: legislar
Estonian flag Estonian: seadusi andma Farsi flag Farsi: قانون وضع کردن Finnish flag Finnish: säätää lakeja
French flag French: légiférer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְחוֹקֵק Hindi flag Hindi: कानून बनाना
Croatian flag Croatian: proglasiti zakon Hungarian flag Hungarian: törvényt alkot Indonesian flag Indonesian: menjadikan undang-undang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: setja lög Italian flag Italian: legiferare Japanese flag Japanese: 法律を制定する
Korean flag Korean: 법률을 제정하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (iš)leisti įstatymą/įstat Latvian flag Latvian: izdot likumu[]
Malay flag Malay: menggubal Dutch flag Dutch: wetten maken Norwegian flag Norwegian: gi lover
Polish flag Polish: wprowadzać ustawodawstwo Persian flag Persian: قانون وضع کردن Pashto flag Pashto: د قانون مينځه ته راوړل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: legislar Romanian flag Romanian: a legifera Russian flag Russian: издавать законы
Slovak flag Slovak: vydať zákon Slovenian flag Slovenian: sestavljati zakone Serbian flag Serbian: doneti zakon
Swedish flag Swedish: lagstifta Thai flag Thai: ออกกฎหมาย Turkish flag Turkish: yasamak, kanun yapmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 立法 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: видавати закони Urdu flag Urdu: قانون بنانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: lập pháp Chinese flag Chinese: 立法

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