Legitimatize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make legitimate. transitive
  2. 2
    make legal wordnet
  3. 3
    To legalize. transitive

Synonyms

All synonyms
authorizeconstitutedecreedecriminalisedecriminalizeenact

Etymology

From legitimate + -ize.

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