'Legislate' definitions:
Definition of 'legislate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass]
Definition of 'Legislate'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'legislate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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