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Legislate

LEG'ISLATE, v.i. [L. lex, legis, law, and fero, latum, to give, pass or enact.] To make or enact a law or laws. It is a question whether it is expedient to legislate at present on the subject. Let us not legis...

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LEG'ISLATE, v.i. [L. lex, legis, law, and fero, latum, to give, pass or enact.]

To make or enact a law or laws. It is a question whether it is expedient to legislate at present on the subject. Let us not legislate, when we have no power to enforce our laws.

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