Synonyms for legislate
ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪtleg·is·late

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1. legislate, passverb

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

   "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, exceed, travel by, slide by, transcend, choke, go along, pass by, overhaul, surpass, pass on, blow over, egest, return, run, fall out, lead, pass off, go through, reach, pass away, perish, slip by, fleet, lapse, extend, sink, croak, decease, come about, buy the farm, eliminate, fade, fall, slip away, go across, overstep, give, go, happen, clear, go on, go past, make it, occur, excrete, pass, guide, take place, pass along, elapse, glide by, pop off, communicate, put across, authorise, turn over, snuff it, conk, devolve, draw, authorize, spend, exit, go by, top, overtake, kick the bucket, evanesce, make pass, give-up the ghost, hap, cash in one's chips, expire, hand, die

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1. legislateverb

   Synonyms:
   make laws, enact laws

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1. List of paraphrases for "legislate":

   legislates, legislative, regulate

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1. Zachary Abuza:

   It is never a good thing when a state tries to legislate morality, the new code puts civil liberties at risk and gives the state powerful tools to punish ideological, moral and political offenses.

2. Dan Kildee:

   At first, I was not able to interact or legislate with these people, but I felt like I was then dealing with this poison they brought to this place, and I was carrying that, my conclusion is I won't think of them the same way, I won't respect them... but I still have to work with people who were sent to Congress.

3. John Casey:

   The growth of drug-related crime is a far greater evil to society as a whole than drug taking. Even so, because we have been seduced by the idea that governments should legislate for our own good, very few people can see how dangerously absurd the present policy is.

4. Bill Hagerty:

   I will give this nomination every consideration, what I’m looking for is someone who actually interprets the Constitution as it is written, not as they think it ought to be written. Someone who will not legislate from the bench. So I will take a very careful eye in terms of the experience and track record of the nominee [that Biden has] put forward.

5. Trey Radel:

   I understand the emotion behind this bill, but you cannot legislate on emotion and this bill is a sword that will cut both ways, this bill has the potential to stifle, if not shut down, center right media and conservative talk radio.