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LEGITIMIZE

Pronunciation (US):

• LEGITIMIZE (verb)
The verb LEGITIMIZE has 1 sense:

1. make legal

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

• LEGITIMIZE (verb)

Sense 1

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

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

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

"He who laughs last laughs longest."
(English proverb)
"Speak not of what you have read, but about what you have understood."
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"I'm already drowning so why should I fear getting wet?"
(Arabic proverb)
"Dogs don't eat dogs."
(Czech proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of countenance
Pronunciation of allow
Definition of let
Definition of monetize
Definition of monetise

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