legitimize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

legitimize
    v 1: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn:
         {legalize}, {legalise}, {decriminalize}, {decriminalise},
         {legitimize}, {legitimise}, {legitimate}, {legitimatize},
         {legitimatise}] [ant: {criminalise}, {criminalize},
         {illegalise}, {illegalize}, {outlaw}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Legitimize \Le*git"i*mize\ (l[-e]*j[i^]t"[i^]*m[imac]z), v. t.
   [imp. & p. p. {Legitimized} (-m[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Legitimizing}.]
   To legitimate.
   [1913 Webster]

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