Antonyms for legislate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : lej-is-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪt


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

Synonyms for legislate

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