LEGITIMIZE

legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise

(verb) make legal; “Marijuana should be legalized”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

legitimize (third-person singular simple present legitimizes, present participle legitimizing, simple past and past participle legitimized)

(transitive) To make legitimate.

Usage notes

• Forms of legitimize are about twice as common as forms of the verb legitimate in the US.

• Forms of legitimate are somewhat more common than the forms of the verbs legitimize and legitimise in the UK combined.

Synonyms

• legitimate (verb)

Source: Wiktionary

Le*git"i*mize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Legitimized; p. pr. & vb. n. Legitimizing.]

Definition: To legitimate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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