legislate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
    pass.
    • They passed the amendment
    • We cannot legislate how people spend their free time

WordNet

Leg"is*late intransitive verb
Etymology
See Legislator.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Legislated ; present participle & verbal noun Legislating
Definitions
  1. 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).

Webster 1913