Synonyms for legislate
ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪt

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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, exceed, travel by, slide by, transcend, choke, go along, pass by, overhaul, surpass, pass on, blow over, egest, return, run, fall out, lead, pass off, go through, reach, pass away, perish, slip by, fleet, lapse, extend, sink, croak, decease, come about, buy the farm, eliminate, fade, fall, slip away, go across, overstep, give, go, happen, clear, go on, go past, make it, occur, excrete, pass, guide, take place, pass along, elapse, glide by, pop off, communicate, put across, authorise, turn over, snuff it, conk, devolve, draw, authorize, spend, exit, go by, top, overtake, kick the bucket, evanesce, make pass, give-up the ghost, hap, cash in one's chips, expire, hand, die

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1. legislate(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   make laws, enact laws

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1. List of paraphrases:

   legislates, legislative, regulate

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How to use legislate in a sentence?

1. Malik Yusef:

   Politics is legislation. You can't legislate the Earth. You have to take care of the Earth. That is your job as a human being born to a planet.

2. Quinton Lucas:

   We must continue to legislate by bringing people together, seeking input from those with different perspectives and working to consensus-build on the issues that matter most to our community.

3. John Cornyn:

   Despite the games being played here, my Republican colleagues and I are working to put in the hard work that it takes to actually accomplish something and legislate.

4. Burdett Loomis:

   Since he was a man of the Congress, a legislator, I think getting this award from the Congress is extraordinarily important -- that’s who he was, he was someone who wanted to pass laws, legislate and support the congressional branch of government, which he did admirably, in that sense, to be rewarded by your peers with this award is especially significant.

5. Quinton Lucas:

   This ballot measure should remind all of us in City Hall that the way we do things matters, we must continue to legislate by bringing people together, seeking input from those with different perspectives and working to consensus-build on the issues that matter most to our community.

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