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legitimize

Verb (transitive)

le=git=i=mize

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

is one way to allow, countenance, let, permit

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

legitimize, v. t.

To legitimate. [1913 Webster]

legitimize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 make legitimate.
2 serve as a justification for.

Derivative

legitimization n.

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