Legislate

lejls-lat, v. i. To enact a law or laws. — Legislation, n. Act of legislating, or enacting laws. — Legislative, -tiv, a. Giving laws; pert, to the enacting of laws; done by enacting. — Legislatively, adv. — Legislator, -tSr, n. A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; member of a legislative a embly. — Legislature, -chur, n. The body of men in a state empowered to make and repeal laws. — Legitimate, -jit'Y-mat, a. Accordant with law; lawfully begotten or born; genuine; real; following by logical or natural sequence; in accordance with established law; acknowledged as conforming to a rule or standard. — v. t. To make lawful, legalize; to render legitimate; to communicate the rights of a legitimate child to one illegitimate.