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lawmake

lawmake verb: to pass or enact laws; to legislate.

Verb

lawmake (third-person singular simple present lawmakes, present participle lawmaking, simple past and past participle lawmade)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To pass or enact laws; to legislate.
    • […] the constitutional structure of separation of powers thus limits the federal courts' power to lawmake on their own.2004, Kevin M. Clermont, Civil Procedure, page 254
    • After the size and makeup of Congress was decided by the Founding Fathers, it was time to lawmake. Now, the process of creating and enacting legislation is far too complicated to be covered in this book […]2005, Bennett Fairorth, Philadelphia Holidays 2004, Turkish Pleasures 1997, page 269

Forms of lawmake

third-person singular presentlawmakes
present participlelawmaking
past participlelawmade
pastlawmade

Origin of lawmake

Back-formation from lawmaking or back-formation from lawmaker.

Questions about lawmake

What does lawmake mean?
Lawmake means to pass or enact laws; to legislate.
What part of speech is lawmake?
Lawmake is a verb.
What is the past tense of lawmake?
The past tense of lawmake is lawmade.

Words near lawmake in the dictionary

  1. Lawlor
  2. Lawlors
  3. lawly
  4. lawlz
  5. lawmade
  6. lawmake
  7. lawmaker
  8. lawmakers
  9. lawmakes
  10. lawmaking
  11. lawmakings

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