Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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).