legitimize

We’re meeting maybe to legitimize that decision or for somebody to say that that was a collective decision even though it wasn’t.

But does simply announcing one has a story automatically legitimize its telling?

For Easley, one of the most important steps to helping her husband was learning to legitimize her own position as a caregiver.

The main radio station was scheduled to announce, and thereby legitimize, the fraudulent results.

Those $2 billion have also served to legitimize the work other companies have been doing to expand the VR experience.

Legitimize contributions of a size that virtually guarantees special attention from office-holders?

If the woman has won you round to legitimize the connection, first, I've a proper claim to see her marriage lines.

No easy-going doctrines, then, to legitimize vice, says Ozanam.

Except as a solemn, sacred rite, there was nothing in our marriage to legitimize our child.

Victory would legitimize and confirm the authority of one, and make it supreme over the whole civilized world.

Again, after introduction to an unmarried lady at a dance, a man is required to properly legitimize the acquaintance.