To legislate is to make laws. If you thought there should be a law that all money should be pink instead of green, you might write to your congresswoman with a suggestion to legislate your idea.
To make or enact a law or laws.
Verb
make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people''s spend their free time"
v. i.
To make or enact a law or laws.
Legislate
Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them.
To make or enact a law or laws.
Usage Examples
You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.
It is our job, as members of parliament, to legislate with an eye to the long term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election and ensure that as far as we can what we do today will make Australia a better place, a safer place, for future generations to live in.
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Other Usage ExamplesHistory has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.
I'm a little skeptical about using the Constitution this way, but I also believe marriage is between a man and a woman and that the courts shouldn't legislate this matter.
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
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