LEGALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legalize mean? 

• LEGALIZE (verb)
  The verb LEGALIZE has 1 sense:

1. make legal

  Familiarity information: LEGALIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they legalize    ... he / she / it legalizes   
Past simple: legalized   
Past participle: legalized   
-ing form: legalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make legal

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

Marijuana should be legalized

Hypernyms (to "legalize" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "legalize"):

monetise; monetize (give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

outlaw (declare illegal; outlaw)

Derivation:

legalization (the act of making lawful)