to legislate
58
5.8
- verb
- /ˈlɛdʒɪˌsleɪt/
- Formal
:
legislar
- The government plans to legislate new laws to protect the environment.
- the government legislates
- Congress legislates
- to legislate a law
Whereas legality refers to the particular way that we legislate our values and enforce them.
- Whereas legality refers to the particular way that we legislate our values and enforce them.
- And I, I just don't think you can legislate hope.
- Most of the law that makes our commercial society go was never legislated.
- And he brought up a point by a quote from Malcolm X that was you cannot legislate goodwill.
- I'm not trying to legislate morality nor shame people for what their kinks are.
- But I almost, I almost view abortion in a sense in the way that I view racism in that you can only legislate it up to a point, right?
- The government already records everybody's race and gender and so on and is already trying to legislate from the top down.
- I think you can't legislate morality, but you can change laws and make certain kinds of activity discrimination illegal.
- It would impact how we legislate, how we interact with one another, how we how we care for each other in society.
- And it is such a effective way to legislate or, or to run a, a country.
- when we take that too far and then start trying to legislate from the other side and start
- So I think, I think what you're saying, I, you know, it's hard to legislate that doctor.
- But that has been the core proposition of Republicans attempts to legislate and campaign and give speeches.
- The Europeans have kind of legislated that down a little bit and it's mostly because of the environment.
- And if whoever's going to get can it, you know, there's no mythical Pigouvian legislator that's going to legislate in the public interest.
Examples
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Politicians seem to think they can simply legislate quality in education by passing a law requiring it.
Academic text (1995) -
Manufacturing and agriculture are water-dependent, and politics is often used to legislate water resource availability.
Academic text (1995) -
We're going to legislate to make sure we keep our railways open.
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They fail to legislate for the changes in technology.
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Congress would legislate a limited creation of money to be spent through direct appropriation.
Academic text (2012) -
In the 1980's, states formally legislated lottery money to pay for public education.
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Consider that child labor laws were not legislated until the early 1900s.
Academic text (2013) -
In 1985, Parliament amended the act to remove more than 100 years of legislated gender discrimination.
Fiction book (2002) -
Successful programs in other countries have addressed these barriers by providing financial assistance and legislating mandatory installation.
Academic text (2011) -
To improve public safety, the city council decided to legislate stricter traffic regulations.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To officially approve a law or rule
172
4.7
To make a rule into law by an official vote or order
135
3.7
Make something allowed by law
24
8.0
Officially announce a new law or rule so it starts to apply
1
6.6
To start a new rule or system and put it into use
1
6.7
To make something against the law
Make something legal by official approval
Antonyms
How Binding
33
6.8
- Formal
58
5.8
∞
2.1
∞
3.0
138
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
legislate = legis + ate
The verb is formed from the Latin combining form 'legis-' (law) plus the verb-forming suffix '-ate', so the meaning 'make law' is analyzable for learners familiar with legal words but the root 'legis' is not a standalone English word.
Etymology
The word legislate comes from the old Latin root lex meaning 'law', and you can see the same root in legal and legislature. So to legislate is to make or set laws, which is why it means to create rules that people must follow.