Legislate

Definition of Legislate

Leg´is`late Pronunciation: lĕj´ĭs`lāt

v. i.

1.

To make or enact a law or laws.

[imp. & p. p. Legislated (-lā`tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n. Legislating (-lā`tĭng).]

Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them.

- Bp. Watson (1805).

Related Words

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, ordain, pass, pigeonhole, pocket, prescribe, put in force, put through, railroad through, regulate, roll logs, sanction, table, take the floor, validate, veto, yield the floor

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