Hypertext Webster Gateway: "legislating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
legislating
n : the act of legislating [syn: {legislation}, {lawmaking}]
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