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Verb: legitimatise  lu'ji-tu-mu,tIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: legitimatize)
  1. Make legal
    "The new law legitimatised same-sex marriages";
    - legalize, legalise [Brit], decriminalize, decriminalise [Brit], legitimize, legitimise [Brit], legitimate, legitimatize

Derived forms: legitimatising, legitimatised, legitimatises

Type of: allow, countenance, let, permit