Verb: legitimize lu'ji-tu,mIz
- Give legitimacy or validity to; make legitimate or acceptable
"The government's recognition legitimized the rebel group's claims";
- legitimise [Brit]
- Make legal
"The new law legitimized same-sex marriages";
- legalize, legalise [Brit], decriminalize, decriminalise [Brit], legitimise [Brit], legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise [Brit]
Derived forms: legitimizing, legitimizes, legitimized
Type of: allow, countenance, let, permit
Encyclopedia: Legitimize