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unlegislate

unlegislate verb: to undo or annul legislation.

Verb

unlegislate (third-person singular simple present unlegislates, present participle unlegislating, simple past and past participle unlegislated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To undo or annul legislation.
    • […] legislated it into being, and having done that, I do not know how to unlegislate it. People talk about doing away with some of this legislation. The time is 25 years past when we could have done away with much of the labor legislation.1963, U.S. Congress, Hearings, volume 2, page 81
    • Those who enjoyed that posture are now somewhat concerned that we might go the other route, maybe unlegislate by regulation which I think is not too bad.1981, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Butler and Sheldon Nominations: Hearing Before the Committee

Forms of unlegislate

third-person singular presentunlegislates
present participleunlegislating
past participleunlegislated
pastunlegislated

Origin of unlegislate

From un- + legislate.

Questions about unlegislate

What does unlegislate mean?
Unlegislate means to undo or annul legislation.
What part of speech is unlegislate?
Unlegislate is a verb.
What is the past tense of unlegislate?
The past tense of unlegislate is unlegislated.

Words near unlegislate in the dictionary

  1. unlegalised
  2. unlegalistic
  3. unlegalized
  4. unlegally
  5. unlegendary
  6. unlegislate
  7. unlegislated
  8. unlegislates
  9. unlegislating
  10. unlegislative
  11. unlegitimizable

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