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legislating

legislating is the present participle and gerund 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 legislating

What is legislating the present participle and gerund of?
Legislating is the present participle and gerund of legislate.

Words near legislating in the dictionary

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

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