legalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make legal
    legitimatize; decriminalize; legitimatise; legalise; legitimise; legitimate; decriminalise; legitimize.
    • Marijuana should be legalized

WordNet

Le"gal*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. légaliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Legalized ; present participle & verbal noun Legalizing
Definitions
  1. To make legal.
  2. (Theol.) To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.

Webster 1913