legitimize
[ li-jit-uh-mahyz ]
Origin of legitimize
1- Also especially British, le·git·i·mise .
- Also le·git·i·ma·tize, especially British, le·git·i·ma·tise [li-jit-uh-muh-tahyz] /lɪˈdʒɪt ə məˌtaɪz/ .
Other words from legitimize
- le·git·i·mi·za·tion, noun
Words that may be confused with legitimize
- legitimate, legitimize
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How to use legitimize in a sentence
But, one will say, if raw experience can not legitimatize reasoning by recurrence, is it so of experiment aided by induction?
For this, however, there is a remedy—an act of parliament must be procured to legitimatize my children.
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain | William Carleton
British Dictionary definitions for legitimize
legitimize
legitimise legitimatize or legitimatise (lɪˈdʒɪtɪməˌtaɪz)
/ (lɪˈdʒɪtɪˌmaɪz) /
verb
(tr) to make legitimate; legalize
Derived forms of legitimize
- legitimization, legitimisation, legitimatization or legitimatisation, noun
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