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legitimatize
le·git·i·ma·tize L0109300 (lə-jĭt′ə-mə-tīz′)tr.v. le·git·i·ma·tized, le·git·i·ma·tiz·ing, le·git·i·ma·tiz·es To legitimize.le•git•i•mate (adj., n. lɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt; v. -ˌmeɪt)
adj., v. -mat•ed, -mat•ing,
n. adj. 1. according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner. 2. in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards. 3. born of legally married parents: legitimate children. 4. in accordance with the laws of reasoning; valid; logical: a legitimate conclusion. 5. resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right: a legitimate sovereign. 6. justified; genuine: a legitimate complaint. 7. of the normal or regular type or kind. 8. of or pertaining to professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from burlesque, vaudeville, etc. v.t. 9. to make lawful or legal; pronounce as lawful: Parliament legitimated her accession to the throne. 10. to confer legitimacy upon (a bastard). 11. to show or declare to be legitimate or proper. 12. to justify; sanction or authorize. n. 13. a person who is established as being legitimate. [1485–95; < Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, past participle of lēgitimāre to make lawful, derivative of Latin lēgitimus lawful, legal <lēg-, s. of lēx law] le•git′i•mate•ly, adv. le•git′i•mate•ness, n. legitimatize
Past participle: legitimatized
Gerund: legitimatizing
| Imperative |
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| legitimatize | | legitimatize |
| Present |
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| I legitimatize | | you legitimatize | | he/she/it legitimatizes | | we legitimatize | | you legitimatize | | they legitimatize |
| Preterite |
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| I legitimatized | | you legitimatized | | he/she/it legitimatized | | we legitimatized | | you legitimatized | | they legitimatized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am legitimatizing | | you are legitimatizing | | he/she/it is legitimatizing | | we are legitimatizing | | you are legitimatizing | | they are legitimatizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have legitimatized | | you have legitimatized | | he/she/it has legitimatized | | we have legitimatized | | you have legitimatized | | they have legitimatized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was legitimatizing | | you were legitimatizing | | he/she/it was legitimatizing | | we were legitimatizing | | you were legitimatizing | | they were legitimatizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had legitimatized | | you had legitimatized | | he/she/it had legitimatized | | we had legitimatized | | you had legitimatized | | they had legitimatized |
| Future |
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| I will legitimatize | | you will legitimatize | | he/she/it will legitimatize | | we will legitimatize | | you will legitimatize | | they will legitimatize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have legitimatized | | you will have legitimatized | | he/she/it will have legitimatized | | we will have legitimatized | | you will have legitimatized | | they will have legitimatized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be legitimatizing | | you will be legitimatizing | | he/she/it will be legitimatizing | | we will be legitimatizing | | you will be legitimatizing | | they will be legitimatizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been legitimatizing | | you have been legitimatizing | | he/she/it has been legitimatizing | | we have been legitimatizing | | you have been legitimatizing | | they have been legitimatizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been legitimatizing | | you will have been legitimatizing | | he/she/it will have been legitimatizing | | we will have been legitimatizing | | you will have been legitimatizing | | they will have been legitimatizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been legitimatizing | | you had been legitimatizing | | he/she/it had been legitimatizing | | we had been legitimatizing | | you had been legitimatizing | | they had been legitimatizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would legitimatize | | you would legitimatize | | he/she/it would legitimatize | | we would legitimatize | | you would legitimatize | | they would legitimatize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have legitimatized | | you would have legitimatized | | he/she/it would have legitimatized | | we would have legitimatized | | you would have legitimatized | | they would have legitimatized |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | legitimatize - make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimise, legitimizecountenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"monetise, monetize - give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country; "They monetized the lira" |
legitimatizeverbTo make lawful:legalize, legitimate, legitimize.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeelegitimateFinancialSeeLegitimatelegitimatize
Synonyms for legitimatizeverb to make lawfulSynonyms- legalize
- legitimate
- legitimize
Synonyms for legitimatizeverb make legalSynonyms- decriminalise
- decriminalize
- legalise
- legalize
- legitimate
- legitimatise
- legitimise
- legitimize
Related Words- countenance
- permit
- allow
- let
- monetise
- monetize
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