Synonyms for legislate
ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪtleg·is·late

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1. legislate, passverb

   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. • Enact

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1. legislateverb

   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. 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.

2. John Cornyn:

   Judge Kavanaugh is an exceptionally qualified jurist who will be a fair and impartial arbiter of the law and will not legislate from the bench, throughout his tenure, Judge Kavanaugh has served with a high moral standard and demonstrated a clear commitment to faithfully interpreting the Constitution.

3. Gabriel Sakellaridis:

   We are determined to legislate and legislate in the way in which we have begun, it is not that we don't want dialogue and consultation but it is not possible at the last moment, with two weeks having passed during which this bill has been up in the air, just a few hours before the bill is to be voted on ... for such a request to be raised.

4. Bill Hagerty:

   I will give this nomination every consideration, what I’m looking for is someone who actually interprets the Constitution as it is written, not as they think it ought to be written. Someone who will not legislate from the bench. So I will take a very careful eye in terms of the experience and track record of the nominee [that Biden has] put forward.

5. Tony Blair:

   If you're deciding you want to make your own rules, and you still want access to the European markets, that's a tricky negotiation and I don't see any way that that can be concluded by the end of next year, if Boris Johnson's serious and Boris Johnson says,' right, we're going to legislate that we're out no matter what in 2020,' Boris Johnson's going to find that very difficult unless Boris Johnson's prepared to make a lot of concessions to Europe.