LEGISLATE

legislate, pass

(verb) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; “They passed the amendment”; “We cannot legislate how people spend their free time”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

legislate (third-person singular simple present legislates, present participle legislating, simple past and past participle legislated)

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

Source: Wiktionary


Leg"is*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Legislated; p. pr. & vb. n. Legislating.] Etym: [See Legislator.]

Definition: 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).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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