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legislate

/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt/

legislate verb: to pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).

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Verb

legislate (third-person singular simple present legislates, present participle legislating, simple past and past participle legislated)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    lawmake

legislate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

legislate in Tamil

சட்டம் இயற்று

legislate in Urdu

قانون بنانا

legislate in Bengali

আইন প্রণয়ন করা, বিধিবিধান তৈরি করা

legislate in Malayalam

ചട്ടങ്ങൾ ഏർപ്പെടുത്തുക, നിയമം നിർമ്മിക്കുക, ശാസനവ്യവസ്ഥകളുണ്ടാക്കുക
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legislate in Kannada
ಶಾಸನ ರಚಿಸು, ಕಾನೂನು ಮಾಡು, ಕಟ್ಟಲೆ ಮಾಡು
legislate in Arabic
شَرَّعَ šarraʕa
legislate in Persian
قانونگذاری کردن qânun-gozâri kardan
legislate in Vietnamese
lập pháp

Examples of legislate in a sentence

  • Do you think you can legislate $1k min wage for all sectors, "across sectors"?
  • I am sick and tired of lazy thinkers using the defense of “legislated morality.”
  • Therefore, political facets of assessment are not limited to power imbalances stemming from legislated authority.

All 12 example sentences with legislate

Synonyms of legislate

Forms of legislate

third-person singular presentlegislates
present participlelegislating
past participlelegislated
pastlegislated

Past tense of legislate: legislated

Origin of legislate

Back-formation from legislation, legislator.

Words formed from legislate

Questions about legislate

What does legislate mean?
Legislate means to pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
What is legislate in Tamil?
Legislate in Tamil is சட்டம் இயற்று. See Legislate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is legislate?
Legislate is a verb.
How do you pronounce legislate?
Legislate is pronounced /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt/.
What is the past tense of legislate?
The past tense of legislate is legislated.

Words near legislate in the dictionary

  1. legionry
  2. legions
  3. legis.
  4. legisign
  5. legisigns
  6. legislate
  7. legislated
  8. legislates
  9. legislating
  10. legislation
  11. legislational

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: legislate (page history and authors); legislate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legislate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Legislate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legislate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legislate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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