legitimize

(lə-jĭt'ə-mīz')
tr.v., -mized, -miz·ing, -miz·es.
To legitimate.

legitimization le·git'i·mi·za'tion (-mĭ-zā'shən) n.
legitimizer le·git'i·miz'er n.

verb

To make lawful: legalize, legitimate, legitimatize. See law.

v

Definition: validate
Antonyms: outlaw

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make legal
  Synonyms: legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - legitimere

Nederlands (Dutch)
legitimeren, rechtvaardigen, wettigen, echten

Français (French)
v. tr. - légaliser, rendre légal, justifier

Deutsch (German)
v. - legitimieren, ehelich machen, rechtfertigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - νομιμοποιώ

Italiano (Italian)
legittimare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - legitimar

Русский (Russian)
узаконивать, усыновлять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - legitimar, legalizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - legitimera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使...合法, 宣布为合法, 承认嫡出, 承认, 批准, 使成为看来正当

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使...合法, 宣佈為合法, 承認嫡出, 承認, 批准, 使成為看來正當

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 합법화 하다 , 정당화하다, 시인하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 合法と認める, 合法化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعله شرعيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נתן תוקף חוקי, הכשיר‬

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