Legislate (l&ebreve_;j&ibreve_;slāt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Legislated (-lāt&ebreve_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Legislating (-lāt&ibreve_;ng).] [See Legislator.] To make or enact a law or laws.
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Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them. Bp. Watson (1805).
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