legalize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

legalize
    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

Legalize \Le"gal*ize\ (l[=e]"gal*[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Legalized} (-[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legalizing}
   (-[imac]`z[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. l['e]galiser.]
   1. To make legal.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Theol.) To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "legalize":
      authorize, certificate, certify, charter, constitute,
      declare lawful, decree, empower, enable, enact, enfranchise,
      entitle, establish, formulate, franchise, give official sanction,
      give power, legislate, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize,
      license, make a regulation, make legal, ordain, patent, prescribe,
      privilege, put in force, ratify, regulate, sanction, validate,
      warrant

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