It's not possible to legislate against stupidity.
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Legislate
//ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt//
Synonyms for "legislate" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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9 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νομοθετέω verb (pass laws)
Arabic
1 entries- شَرَّعَ verb (pass laws)
Bulgarian
1 entries- издавам закони verb (pass laws)
Catalan
1 entries- legislar verb (pass laws)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 立法 verb (pass laws)
Danish
1 entries- lovgive verb (pass laws)
Dutch
1 entries- wetten maken verb (pass laws)
Esperanto
1 entries- leĝdoni verb (pass laws)
Finnish
1 entries- säätää laki verb (pass laws)
French
1 entries- légiférer verb (pass laws)
Galician
1 entries- lexislar verb (pass laws)
German
4 entries- Gesetze beschließen verb (pass laws)
- Gesetze erlassen verb (pass laws)
- Gesetze geben verb (pass laws)
- Gesetze verordnen verb (pass laws)
Greek
1 entries- νομοθετώ verb (pass laws)
Hungarian
1 entries- törvényt hoz verb (pass laws)
Irish
2 entries- achtaigh verb (pass laws)
- reachtaigh verb (pass laws)
Italian
1 entries- legiferare verb (pass laws)
Japanese
1 entries- 制定する verb (pass laws)
Kazakh
1 entries- заң шығару verb (pass laws)
Latin
1 entries- lēgem ferre verb (pass laws)
Old Irish
1 entries- rechtaigid verb (pass laws)
Persian
1 entries- قانونگذاری کردن verb (pass laws)
Portuguese
1 entries- legislar verb (pass laws)
Russian
2 entries- законода́тельствовать verb (pass laws)
- издава́ть зако́ны verb (pass laws)
Spanish
1 entries- legislar verb (pass laws)
Swedish
1 entries- lagstifta verb (pass laws)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lập pháp verb (pass laws)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
If they can't get people to do the right thing by talking then they will try to legislate and enforce the statutes.
Source: wiktionary
Candidates always promise to legislate change.
Source: wiktionary
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