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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
     p. Legislated (-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Legislating (-l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See Legislator.]
     To make or enact a law or laws.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of
           a more perfect constitution than he gave them. --Bp.
                                                    Watson (1805).
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  legislating \legislating\ n.
     the act of making or enacting laws; legislation[1].
  
     Syn: legislation, lawmaking.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
     p. Legislated (-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Legislating (-l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See Legislator.]
     To make or enact a law or laws.
  
           Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of
           a more perfect constitution than he gave them. --Bp.
                                                    Watson (1805).

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  legislating
       n : the act of making or enacting laws [syn: legislation, lawmaking]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  legislating
     vb.
     (present participle of en legislate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  legislating
     vb.
     (present participle of en legislate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  legislating
     vb.
     (present participle of en legislate nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  legislating
     vb.
     (present participle of en legislate nocat=1)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  legislating
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en legislate ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Legislating /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪtɪŋ/
  التشريع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  legislating /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪtɪŋ/ 
  legislace

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  legislating /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪtɪŋ/ 
  zákonodárství

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  legislating /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪtɪŋ/
  Gesetze gebend, Gesetze erlassend
   see: legislate, legislated, legislates, legislated
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɫɛdʒɪˌsɫeɪtɪŋ/


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