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legislatelegislate /ˈlɛdʒəˌsleɪt/ AWL verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYlegislateOrigin: 1700-1800 legislator VERB TABLElegislate |
Present | I, you, we, they | legislate | | he, she, it | legislates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | legislated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have legislated | | he, she, it | has legislated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had legislated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will legislate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have legislated |
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Present | I | am legislating | | he, she, it | is legislating | | you, we, they | are legislating | Past | I, he, she, it | was legislating | | you, we, they | were legislating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been legislating | | he, she, it | has been legislating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been legislating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be legislating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been legislating |
1social studies, law, politics to make a law about something: Congress failed to legislate effective handgun controls.legislate against something It’s useless to try to legislate against something that people want to do.2legislate from the bench law disapproving if a judge or court of law legislates from the bench, they make an official decision that has the effect of a new law |