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legislates

legislates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of legislate.

Meaning of legislate

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.
    Synonyms:
    lawmake

Questions about legislates

What is legislates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Legislates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of legislate.

Words near legislates in the dictionary

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

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