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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 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 ]


  legislate
       v : make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
           "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how
           people's spend their free time" [syn: pass]

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


  legislate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     νομοθετώ

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


  legislate
     vb.
     To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).

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


  legislate
     vb.
     To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).

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


  legislate
     vb.
     To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).

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


  legislate
     vb.
     To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).

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


  legislate
     Englanti vb.
     säätää laki

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


  legislate
     Engelska vb.
     lagstifta

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


  Legislate /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪt/
  شرّع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  legislate //ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt// 
  издавам закони
  pass laws

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


  legislate /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪt/
  vydávat zákony

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


  legislate /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪt/ 
  Gesetze geben, Gesetze erlassen 
        "legislate for/against sth."  - ein Gesetz für/gegen etw. erlassen
   see: legislating, legislated, legislates, legislated

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]


  legislate /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪt/
  
  νομοθετώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  legislate //ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt// 
  säätää laki
  pass laws

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  legislate /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪt/ 
  1. कानून बनाना
        "The authorities should legislate against descrimination against women."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  legislate /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪt/
  donositi zakone

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  legislate //ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt// 
  制定する
  pass laws

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  legislate /ˈleʤɪsleɪt/ 
    ustanawiać prawa

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  legislate /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪt/ 
  legislar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  legislate //ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt// 
  lagstifta
  pass laws

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  legislate /lˈɛdʒɪslˌeɪt/
  1. kanun yapmak, kanun hükmüne koymak
  2. bir kanunu meclise tasdik ettirerek çıkarmak.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈɫɛdʒɪˌsɫeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "legislate":
     authorize, constitute, declare lawful, decree, enact, enact laws,
     establish, filibuster, formulate, get the floor, have the floor,
     kill, legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize,
     lobby through, logroll, make a regulation, make legal, ordain,
     pass, pigeonhole, pocket, prescribe, put in force, put through,
     railroad through, regulate, roll logs, sanction, table,
     take the floor, validate, veto, yield the floor

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  v. 制定法律;
  v. 使依法成;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     vi. 制定法律
     vt. 使依法成

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