legislate
Verb
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
- To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
Examples
- If they can't get people to do the right thing by talking then they will try to legislate and enforce the statutes.
Origin / Etymology
Back-formation from legislation, legislator.
Scrabble Score: 10
legislate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlegislate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
legislate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
legislate: valid Words With Friends Word