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 for "legislate":

   legislates, legislative, regulate

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How to use legislate in a sentence?

1. The ADGM:

   ADGM has decided to legislate for English common law to apply in, and form part of the law of, the Global Market, english common law, as it stands from time to time, will therefore govern matters such as contracts, tort, trusts, equitable remedies, unjust enrichment, damages, conflicts of laws, security, and personal property.

2. 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.

3. Wendy McNamara:

   I would never have thought in a million years that anybody would have thought that it made sense to use in an active shooter drill where teachers are unaware that they're going to be shot with a pellet gun, that would have never crossed my mind as something we'd need to legislate.

4. Cori Bush:

   If we fail to remove a White supremacist President who incited a White supremacist insurrection, it's communities like Missouri's first district that suffer the most, the 117th Congress must understand that we have a mandate to legislate in defense of Black lives. The first step in that process is to root out White supremacy starting with impeaching the White supremacist in chief.

5. Malik Yusef:

   Social conservatism is a moral choice. If you are pro-life, by all means be pro-life. But you can't legislate that.

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