legitimize
verb (used with object)
to make legitimate.
were legitimizing
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past progressiveof legitimize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Both changes were indicative of the controversy that the event generated, amid accusations that the women were legitimizing Kim Jong Un’s regime and ignoring its human rights abuses.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2015
