legitimize Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Le*git"i*mize transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Legitimized ; present participle & verbal noun Legitimizing
Definitions
  1. To legitimate.

Webster 1913