Past tense of legislate
regular verb
The past tense of legislate is legislated. The past participle is also legislated.
Forms of legislate
| Base form (V1) | legislate /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | legislated |
| Past participle (V3) | legislated |
| Present participle | legislating |
| Third person singular | legislates |
Legislated in a sentence
- I am sick and tired of lazy thinkers using the defense of “legislated morality.”2003, Steven Wunderink, Minding Your Spiritual Business: Life Stories with Life Sense, page 139. From the entry grind
- Therefore, political facets of assessment are not limited to power imbalances stemming from legislated authority.1991, H. Lee Swanson, Steven R. Forness, Handbook on the Assessment of Learning Disabilities: Theory, Research, and Practice, page 40. From the entry sociopoliticoeconomic
- "From today onwards", he legislated, "a woman's infidelity to her husband shall be a sin tantamount to aborticide, an evil that will engender misery.1988, Sarva Daman Singh, Polyandry in Ancient India, page 78. From the entry aborticide
Meaning of legislate
- verb To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
Questions about the past tense of legislate
- What is the past tense of legislate?
- The past tense of legislate is legislated.
- What is the past participle of legislate?
- The past participle of legislate is legislated.
- Is legislate a regular or irregular verb?
- Legislate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: legislate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of legislate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/legislate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.