Legislate: alternatives and connections

To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) whi…

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To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.

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The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.

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The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.

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Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative body.

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Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative body.

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A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.

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A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.