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legitimatize

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le⋅git⋅i⋅ma⋅tize

[li-jit-uh-muh-tahyz]
–verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
to make legitimate.
Also, especially British, le⋅git⋅i⋅ma⋅tise.


Origin:
1785–95; legitimate + -ize
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le·git·i·ma·tize   (lə-jĭt'ə-mə-tīz')   
tr.v.   le·git·i·ma·tized, le·git·i·ma·tiz·ing, le·git·i·ma·tiz·es
To legitimate.
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