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LEGITIMATISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does legitimatise mean?
• LEGITIMATISE (verb)
The verb LEGITIMATISE has 1 sense:
1. make legal
Familiarity information: LEGITIMATISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it legitimatises Past simple: legitimatised
Past participle: legitimatised
-ing form: legitimatising
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 "legitimatise" is one way to...):
allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "legitimatise"):
monetise; monetize (give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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