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English verb: legislate

1. legislate (social) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation


SamplesThey passed the amendment.
We cannot legislate how people spend their free time.


Synonymspass


Pattern of useSomebody ----s.
Somebody ----s something


Broader (hypernym)enact, ordain









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