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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Legislate

/(lĕj"ĭs*lāt)/ · Leg·is·late · IPA /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt/
01 v. i. To make or enact a law or laws.
imp. & p. p. Legislated; p. pr. & vb. n. Legislating
  1. 1.
    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).