legitimize
[li-jit-uh-mahyz]
- to make legitimate.
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Also especially British, le·git·i·mise.
Origin of legitimize
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To-day or never he will say to me, 'A marriage must legitimise the birth of our child!'
Carlo Malatesta went to infinite trouble to legitimise Galeotto and Sigismondo, his brother's illegitimate children.
Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume I (of 3)James Dennistoun
In them Goethe's words were fulfilled: "None are so Legitimist as those who can legitimise themselves."
This is the sanction invoked to legitimise every adventure in invasion and colonisation.
The Open Secret of IrelandT. M. Kettle
legitimize
legitimise legitimatize or legitimatise (lɪˈdʒɪtɪməˌtaɪz)
- (tr) to make legitimate; legalize
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Word Origin and History for legitimise
legitimize
1795, from Latin legitimus (see legitimate) + -ize. Earlier was legitimatize (1791). Related: Legitimized; legitimizing.
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