lawmake

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verb

To pass or enact laws; to legislate.

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Meanings

verblawmake (third-person singular simple present lawmakes, present participle lawmaking, simple past and past participle lawmade)

present singular third person lawmakes · participle present lawmaking · participle past lawmade · past lawmade

  1. intransitiverareTo pass or enact laws; to legislate.

    […] the constitutional structure of separation of powers thus limits the federal courts' power to lawmake on their own.

    2004, Kevin M. Clermont, Civil Procedure, page 254
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    After the size and makeup of Congress was decided by the Founding Fathers, it was time to lawmake. Now, the process of creating and enacting legislation is far too complicated to be covered in this book […]

    2005, Bennett Fairorth, Philadelphia Holidays 2004, Turkish Pleasures 1997, page 269

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
legislate

Origin

Back-formation from lawmaking or back-formation from lawmaker.

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APA

lawmake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lawmake

MLA

“lawmake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lawmake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lawmake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lawmake.

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