legislate

legislate
    v 1: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
         "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how
         people spend their free time" [syn: {legislate}, {pass}]
    

Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
   p. {Legislated} (-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Legislating} (-l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See {Legislator}.]
   To make or enact a law or laws.
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         Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of
         a more perfect constitution than he gave them. --Bp.
                                                  Watson (1805).
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "legislate":
      authorize, constitute, declare lawful, decree, enact, enact laws,
      establish, filibuster, formulate, get the floor, have the floor,
      kill, legalize, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize,
      lobby through, logroll, make a regulation, make legal, ordain,
      pass, pigeonhole, pocket, prescribe, put in force, put through,
      railroad through, regulate, roll logs, sanction, table,
      take the floor, validate, veto, yield the floor