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Definition of Legitimatize
1. Verb. Make legal. "Marijuana should be legalized"
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Specialized synonyms: Monetise, Monetize
Antonyms: Criminalise, Criminalize, Outlaw, Outlaw
Derivative terms: Legalisation, Legalization, Legitimacy, Legitimation
Definition of Legitimatize
1. v. t. To legitimate.
Definition of Legitimatize
1. Verb. To make legitimate. ¹
2. Verb. To legalize. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Legitimatize
1. [v -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Legitimatize
Literary usage of Legitimatize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Captain Rock Detected: Or, the Origin and Character of the Recent by Mortimer O'Sullivan, Thomas Moore (1824)
"... that there were many other miracles in reserve, which Doctor Doyle, in
consideration for the British government, refused to legitimatize. ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Legitimate dates from 1586, legitimatize from 1791, and legitimize from 1848.
... While growth in the usage of legitimatize and especially of legitimize did ..."
3. Acts Passed at the ... Session of the General Assembly for the Commonwealth by Kentucky (1860)
"AN ACT to legitimatize the children of Mrs. Nancy Dyer and JR Lucas. WHEREAS, It
appears to this General Assembly that Reuben, son of Nancy Dyer, ..."
4. Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Florida by Florida (1871)
"AN ACT to legitimatize James A. La Fayette Register and William Ann Register,
and to make them Heirs at Law ot Abijah Hall and his present Wife. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1899)
"[Marriage and acknowledgment in Connecticut and Pennsylvania legitimatize children
for allí purposes : Simsbury ». East G ran by, 69 Conn. ..."
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