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legitimatize

Verb (transitive)

le=git=i=ma=tize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

legitimatize(v = verb.social) decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimise, legitimize - make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

is one way to allow, countenance, let, permit

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

legitimatize, v. t.

To legitimate. [1913 Webster]

legitimatize, v.tr. (also -ise) legitimize.

Derivative

legitimatization n.

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