Definition of Legitimize

1. Verb. Make legal. "Marijuana should be legalized"


Definition of Legitimize

1. v. t. To legitimate.

Definition of Legitimize

1. Verb. (transitive) to make legitimate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Legitimize

1. [v -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Legitimize

legitimators
legitimisation
legitimise
legitimised
legitimiser
legitimisers
legitimises
legitimising
legitimism
legitimisms
legitimist
legitimists
legitimity
legitimization
legitimizations
legitimize (current term)
legitimized
legitimizer
legitimizers
legitimizes
legitimizing
legitims
legits
leglan
leglans
leglen
leglens
legless
legless lizard
leglessly

Literary usage of Legitimize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. 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 ..."

2. A History of French Private Law by Jean Brissaud, Rapelje Howell (1912)
"1 The pope, the emperor, the king and the lords competed with one another for the right to legitimize by letters. Philip Augustus had the pope (Innocent III ..."

3. Essays on the Early History of the Church and the Ministry by Henry Barclay Swete (1918)
"So far we have found two theories of the relation of Baptism to the Church: the theory that the Church cannot legitimize any baptism given outside the ..."

4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In other stales (N. Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and New Mexico) the putative father can legitimize the child by process in court. ..."

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