Synonyms for legislate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lej-is-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪt |
Définition of legislate
Origin :- 1805, back-formation from legislation, etc. Related: Legislated; legislating.
- verb make laws
- 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
Antonyms for legislate
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