legitimatize

2 definitions found

legitimatize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Legitimatize \Le*git"i*ma*tize\ (-t[imac]z), v. t.
     To legitimate.
     [1913 Webster]

legitimatize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  legitimatize
      v 1: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn:
           legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise,
           legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize,
           legitimatise] [ant: criminalise, criminalize,
           illegalise, illegalize, outlaw]