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Legislate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Legislate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

"They passed the amendment"

"We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"

2

To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).

See Also
pass legislative legislated legislation legislator amend nonlegislative jurisdiction
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ordain
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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