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LEGITIMATIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legitimatize mean? 

LEGITIMATIZE (verb)
  The verb LEGITIMATIZE has 1 sense:

1. make legalplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LEGITIMATIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they legitimatize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it legitimatizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: legitimatized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: legitimatized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: legitimatizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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 "legitimatize" is one way to...):

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

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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