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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), verb (used without an object) [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
verb: 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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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