legislates

Meaning of legislates

verb, 3rd person present
  1. make or enact laws.
    they legislated against discrimination in the workplace
  2. provide or prepare for (an occurrence).
    you cannot legislate for bad luck like that

early 18th century: back-formation from legislation.

Information about legislates

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of legislates is: legislate.
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Hyphenation of legislates

leg-is-lates

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • legislates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

legislates synonyms

Meaning make subject to the provisions of a country's constitution:

constitutionalize

Meaning order (something) by decree:

decree

Meaning give an authoritative instruction to do something:

order

Meaning order (something) officially:

ordain

Meaning (of a medical practitioner) advise and authorize the use of (a medicine or treatment) for someone, especially in writing:

prescribe

Meaning give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent):

authorize

Meaning exercise ultimate power or authority over (an area and its people):

rule

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