legislating

Variant of legislate

legislate definition

leg·is·late (lej′is lāt′)

intransitive verb legislated -·lat′ed, legislating -·lat′·ing

to make or pass a law or laws

Etymology: back-form. < legislator

transitive verb

to cause to be, become, go, etc. by making laws

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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