legitimatizev.
/lᵻˈdʒɪtᵻmətʌɪz/, U.S. /ləˈdʒɪdəməˌtaɪz/ rare.
transitive. To make legitimate; to serve as a justification for (something); spec. to make (a child) legitimate by legal enactment or otherwise.
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society > law > rule of law > [verb (transitive)] > legalize
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civilize1643
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justify1651
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decriminalize1972
society > law > rule of law > [verb (transitive)] > legalize > make (person) legitimate
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legitimize1646
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > have a child [verb (transitive)] > render legitimate
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1693 E. Settle New Athenian Comedy ii. 12 What toyl and fatigue has he undergone in vouching and legitimatizing that spurious brat.
1754 Liberty 80 Sometimes bastardizing one Part of the Royal Family, and at other Times legitimatizing the same again, and bastardizing another Part of the same Family.
1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ i. 63 The approbation of the men legitimates the Government.
1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks iii. i. 140 The Turk does not deign to legitimatize his possession of the land he has violently seized.
1868 E. S. Ffoulkes Church's Creed 60 The wily forger..sought to legitimatise them by the high authority which he claimed.
1883 Daily Tel. 20 June 7/4 The alteration..will have the effect of legitimatizing the offspring of past marriages.
1914 A. C. Train Goldfish 124 It would be inferred that marriage was an institution of value only for legitimatizing concubinage.
1961 J. Cheever Jrnls. (1991) 152 The most important thing he did for me was to legitimatize manly courage.
2006 DJ 8 Nov. 37/1 A figure who did more than most to legitimatise electronica.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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