Lĕg'is-lā/tive, a.
a. [Fr. législatif, It. & Sp. legislativo.]
Sense 1. Giving or enacting laws; as, a legislative body.
Sense 2. Pertaining to the enacting of laws; suitable to laws; as, the legislative style.
Sense 3. Done by enacting; as, a legislative act.
☞ In this word, and in legislator, legislatrix, legislature, the accent is nearly equal on the first and third syllables; and a, in the third, has its first or long sound.