belawgive

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ lawgive, a back-formation from lawgiver.

Verb

belawgive (third-person singular simple present belawgives, present participle belawgiving, simple past belawgave, past participle belawgiven)

1. (obsolete, rare) To give a law to.
   • 1835, John Milton, prose Works:

     [...] but the Almighty, the Holy One of Israel, whom they do not deny to have belawgiven his own sacred people with this very allowance [...]