Leg·is·late v. i. [imp. & p. p. Legislated p. pr. & vb. n. Legislating ] To make or enact a law or laws.
Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them. --Bp. Watson (1805).
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legislating
n : the act of making or enacting laws [syn: legislation, lawmaking]