legislate
verb (used without object)
to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
will legislate
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future tenseof legislate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"We will legislate to deliver on this and further details of the bill will be announced in due course."
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
The UK government will legislate for the new sanctions in due course, it said.
From Reuters ● May 8, 2022
It remains unclear whether lawmakers will legislate there.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2019
Tasmania was the last Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise homosexuality in 1997, and is the fifth to announce it will legislate to wipe related historical convictions.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2015
But you will legislate one of these days—you may have to at any time; it’s absurd your saying you won’t.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by Henry James
