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legislate

[lej-is-leyt] / ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪt /
VERB
make laws
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Harvard Cannot Legislate Race Problems Out of Existence The Board of Overseers of Harvard University unanimously adopted a unanimous report of a faculty committee advising against any form of racial or religious discrimination.

From Time Magazine Archive

Legislate opening and closing hours of businesses to stagger to'ing and fro'ing?

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve

Legislate, lej′is-lāt, v.i. to bring forward, propose, or make laws.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Legislate for your whole state, and nothing less.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple




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