legitimize
verb (used with object)
to make legitimate.
legitimizes
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present tense formof legitimize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Having the same last name legitimizes our family status it seems,” Glatzel said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Fighting Tyson legitimizes him even more, and if Paul’s able to win, it’s likely to propel him to a world title fight.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2024
But today no major medical association legitimizes excited delirium.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
It argued that the web designer’s victory in that case legitimizes the termination of a female counselor who is married to another woman due to the high school’s freedom of speech.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2023
In Scotland the marriage of the mother with the father legitimizes the child.
From Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
