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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“It definitely legitimizes the entire space when you have the world’s largest and arguably one of the most important companies dropping this,” Wedbush’s Legault said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
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
“I think having them call me in and put me on the stand legitimizes my story and who I am,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
This legitimizes their adultification: Carl Grimes quickly becomes his father's backup on "The Walking Dead."
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 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
