单词 | legislate |
释义 | legislatev. 1. a. transitive. To create or control by legislation. Also with subordinate clause as object. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > bring about or control by legislation legislate1656 1656 G. Bishop Cry of Blood 56 Nor is it in things of a triviall nature that they are thus bold to Legislate it; but in matters relating to Conscience and Religion, and to the Commands of God. 1663 J. Heath Brief Chron. Late Intestine Warr (new ed.) ii. 470 To secure themselves therefore from that and all other Parties, they Legislated a thing called an Engagement. 1713 J. Asgill Pretender's Declar. 29 We do hereby..enact and legislate, That from henceforth,..all Acts of Legislature shall run in Form following. 1847 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath (1848) ii. 39 The same power which legislated the very circumstances, alone can release them. 1990 G. Will Suddenly v. xvii. 337 A majority which, unless restrained by liberal judges, will tolerate or legislate the tyrannical America Kennedy describes. 1993 P. Anderson Harvest of Stars 213 Now the Federation had legislated that neosophs have the same rights as human beings. 2004 Business Rev. Weekly 16 Dec. 89/2 A country that famously legislated a 35-hour week? b. transitive. To drive or change by legislation into or out of (something). ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > bring into or out of by legislation legislate1849 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 401/2 Trades' unions..should be educated, and not legislated into usefulness. 1859 W. Chadwick Life De Foe iv. 237 I do not want to see a people legislated into poverty. 1887 H. R. Haggard Jess xiv. 133 It [sc. this sentiment] is beginning to die down and to be legislated out of our national character. 1938 Fortune Sept. 118/3 Polaroid should be legislated at one swoop into headlights and windshields of every car on the U.S. highways. 1953 Reader's Digest Sept. 84 Most of these provisions..have since been legislated into state and federal sanitary codes. 1994 J. S. Moir in W. Klempa Burning Bush & Few Acres of Snow iv. 74 Promoters of the..‘social gospel’ believed that morality could be legislated into existence. 2009 N.Y. Times 24 May (Sports section) 1/4 The wedge is going the way of the leather helmet next season, legislated out of the game because of an emphasis on player safety. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > make laws for legislate1719 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 66 The Parliament sate..Legislating the Nation. 3. intransitive. To perform the function of legislation; to make or enact laws. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (a) law(s [verb (intransitive)] legify1659 legislate1755 1755 S. X. Let. concerning Prerogative 42 Can those People be said to live according to Law, their own Law, who are deprived of a Right to legislate in one particular Instance? 1788 A. Jardine Lett. from Barbary, France, &c. II. 457 He tried to regulate and legislate for that great colony. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 119 The emperor had a right to legislate for the whole country. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 135 All states legislate under the idea that there are two classes of actions, the voluntary and the involuntary. 1953 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 2 195 The Crown enjoys a statutory right to legislate for British Guiana. 1989 Times 29 Dec. 3/6 A decision in principle to legislate was taken after the last meeting of the Ministerial Group on the Misuse of Drugs. 2008 Times 12 Feb. 1/2 Ministers will make an explicit commitment to legislate with the launch next week of a Green Paper on the creative industries. 4. intransitive. colloquial. To take appropriate measures in view of something; to make provision for; to guard against. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > make preparations or arrangements purveyc1300 providec1425 ordain1487 disponea1500 devisec1500 to take (an) order1545 dress1596 pipe lay1844 to do one's homework1915 legislate1925 1925 Amer. Gas Assoc. Seventh Ann. Convent.: Proc. 748/1 Our first big job is to hold the present domestic load. The only reason we hold it in some places is because there are combination companies and you legislate against it by prohibitive rates on electricity and that holds it for you. 1932 R. Rawlinson in E. Molloy Pract. Electr. Engin. V. 1590/2 The function of voltage balancing on the two sides is done by a ‘3-wire balancer set’, which is designed with regard to the maximum out of balance current which the supply company considers it necessary to legislate for. 1987 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 13 Mar. He believed City needed at least four new players to legislate for suspensions and injuries throughout the year. 1991 Computing 10 Jan. 16/4 Both languages legislate against side effects, which in simple terms make the languages ideal for the multi-programmer, single project job—and minimise future code maintenance hassles and expense. 2013 P. McVeigh Stupid Footballer is Dead vi. 73 I tried to do the right thing and you can't legislate for it bobbling up over my foot. Derivatives ˈlegislated adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > [adjective] > brought about or enacted by legislation enacted1579 legislative1642 enact1643 constituted1651 legislated1845 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. viii. 178 Schemes of legislated instruction. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 16 May 2/1 The legislated depreciation of this one estate..had cost him..not less than £120,000. 1980 Jrnl. Interamer. Stud. & World Affairs 22 403 Refusing to grant the bank any special legislated powers. 2009 Guardian (Nexis) 22 June 24 The obvious choice is a law lord with legislated powers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1656 |
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