legitimize
1legitimize — le‧git‧i‧mize [lɪˈdʒɪtmaɪz] also legitimise verb [transitive] 1. to make something legal or official that had not been before: • He hopes to legitimize private ownership of toll roads in California. 2. to make something acceptable or popular: •… …
2legitimize — le·git·i·mize /lə ji tə ˌmīz/ vt mized, miz·ing: legalize legitimate Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. legitimize …
3Legitimize — 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] …
4legitimize — (v.) 1795, from L. legitimus (see LEGITIMATE (Cf. legitimate)) + IZE (Cf. ize). Earlier was legitimatize (1791). Related: Legitimized; legitimizing …
5legitimize — (Amer.) v. make something lawful, authorize, legalize (also legitimise) …
6legitimize — (also legitimatise) ► VERB ▪ make legitimate. DERIVATIVES legitimization noun …
7legitimize — [lə jit′əmīz΄] vt. legitimized, legitimizing 1. to make or declare legitimate; specif., a) to make lawful; give legal force or status to b) to give official or formal sanction to; authorize c) to give the status of a legitimate child to (one born …
8legitimize — legitimate, legitimize 1. As a verb, legitimate is pronounced with the last syllable as ayt and means ‘to make legitimate or legal’. It competes in both BrE and AmE with legitimize, which is the only form used in the meaning ‘to make (a child)… …
9legitimize — le|git|i|mize also legitimise BrE [lıˈdʒıtımaız] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: legitimus; LEGITIMATE] 1.) to make something that is unfair or morally wrong seem acceptable and right ▪ There is a danger that these films legitimize… …
10legitimize — UK [lɪˈdʒɪtəmaɪz] / US [ləˈdʒɪtəˌmaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms legitimize : present tense I/you/we/they legitimize he/she/it legitimizes present participle legitimizing past tense legitimized past participle legitimized 1) to make something… …
