"lawmake" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lawmakes [present, singular, third-person], lawmaking [participle, present], lawmade [participle, past], lawmade [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from lawmaking or lawmaker. Head templates: {{en-verb|||lawmade}} lawmake (third-person singular simple present lawmakes, present participle lawmaking, simple past and past participle lawmade)
  1. (intransitive, rare) To pass or enact laws; to legislate. Tags: intransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-lawmake-en-verb-SXBU4IQZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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