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legislate

verb
verb
BrE BrE//ˈledʒɪsleɪt//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈledʒɪsleɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they legislate
BrE BrE//ˈledʒɪsleɪt//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈledʒɪsleɪt//
 he / she / it legislates
BrE BrE//ˈledʒɪsleɪts//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈledʒɪsleɪts//
 past simple legislated
BrE BrE//ˈledʒɪsleɪtɪd//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈledʒɪsleɪtɪd//
 past participle legislated
BrE BrE//ˈledʒɪsleɪtɪd//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈledʒɪsleɪtɪd//
 -ing form legislating
BrE BrE//ˈledʒɪsleɪtɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈledʒɪsleɪtɪŋ//
 Parliament
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[intransitive] legislate (for/against/on something) (formal) to make a law affecting something The government will legislate against discrimination in the workplace. (figurative) You can't legislate against bad luck! They promised to legislate to protect people's right to privacy. Oxford Collocations DictionaryLegislate is used with these nouns as the object: morality See full entry See related entries: Parliament Word Originearly 18th cent.: back-formation from legislation.Extra examples The European Parliament will legislate on further integration. The King restricted Parliament’s power to legislate. The government has been urged to legislate against discrimination in the workplace. They promised to legislate to protect the right to privacy.
See legislate in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee legislate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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