legitimatize

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verb

To make legitimate.

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Meanings

verblegitimatize (third-person singular simple present legitimatizes, present participle legitimatizing, simple past and past participle legitimatized)

present singular third person legitimatizes · participle present legitimatizing · participle past legitimatized · past legitimatized

  1. transitiveTo make legitimate.
  2. transitiveTo legalize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake legal

Similar
legalizelegalisedecriminalizedecriminaliselegitimizelegitimiselegitimatelegitimatise
Broader
permitallowlet
Also see
decriminalizelegalizelegitimatelegitimize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From legitimate + -ize.

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Cite this entry
APA

legitimatize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legitimatize

MLA

“legitimatize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legitimatize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “legitimatize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/legitimatize.

Source: legitimatize on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.