Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LEG'IS-LATE
LEG'IS-LATE, v.i. [L. lex, legis, law, and fero, latum, to give, pass, or enact.]
To make or enact a law or laws. It is a question whether it is expedient to legislate at present on the subject. Let us not legislate, when we have no power to enforce our laws.
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