Legitimize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Legitimize \Le*git"i*mize\ (l[-e]*j[i^]t"[i^]*m[imac]z), v. t.
     [imp. & p. p. {Legitimized} (-m[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Legitimizing}.]
     To legitimate.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  legitimize
       v : make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn: {legalize},
            {legalise}, {decriminalize}, {decriminalise}, {legitimise},
            {legitimate}, {legitimatize}, {legitimatise}] [ant: {outlaw},
            {outlaw}, {outlaw}, {outlaw}]