Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Legislated} (-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legislating} (-l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See {Legislator}.] 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).
legislating n : the act of making or enacting laws [syn: {legislation}, {lawmaking}]