Verb: legitimatize lu'ji-tu-mu,tIz
- Make legal
"The new law legitimatized same-sex marriages";
- legalize, legalise [Brit], decriminalize, decriminalise [Brit], legitimize, legitimise [Brit], legitimate, legitimatise [Brit]
Derived forms: legitimatized, legitimatizes, legitimatizing
Type of: allow, countenance, let, permit