legislate

Verb

Meaning

To make or enact a law or laws.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pass make order rule give clear command establish legislation legislative constitute regulate enforce decree mandate
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Antonyms

break block kill destroy ban reject
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Hypernyms

enact ordain

Derivatives

legislated legislating

Examples

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun

If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin. Katherine Harris

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein

Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences... Eric Schmidt

You can't legislate sobriety. Robert Zemeckis

Each year at springtime scores of people on snowmobiles crash through the melting ice on the lakes of Minnesota and drown. Pressure is mounting on the new governor to pass a protective law. He, the former wrestler and bodyguard, has the only sage answer to this: "You can´t legislate stupidity." Werner Herzog

Close letter words and terms

legions of legis. legisign legislated legislateur's group legislating