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LEGALIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does legalize mean?
• LEGALIZE (verb)
The verb LEGALIZE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: LEGALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




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)
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