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Grammar : Verb

Spell : lej-is-leyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪt

deny
refuse

Definition of legislate

Origin : 1805, back-formation from legislation, etc. Related: Legislated; legislating.

verb make laws

Example sentences :

But it is impossible to legislate for every individual case.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

And for this reason, I said, I shall not attempt to legislate further about them.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Now the voluntary cannot be the involuntary; and if you two come to me and say, 'Then shall we legislate for our city?'
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The result is that you cannot legislate about them, and still less can you be silent.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

And now, let us proceed to legislate with a view to perfecting the form and outline of our state.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Next in order we shall have to legislate about the horse contests.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

There are things about which it is terrible and unpleasant to legislate, but impossible not to legislate.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

So men alone can not legislate better for women and men than can the two for both.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

But I must not suppose these by any means general—and I legislate for the mass.
Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever

The early attempts to legislate on these lines were thus fruitless.
Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis

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