legitimatize
legitimatize · legitimatizes · legitimatized · legitimatizing
To make legitimateTo make legitimate.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To make legitimate.
make legal
(transitive)To legalize.
Forms
legitimatizes, legitimatizing, legitimatized, legitimatized| Base form | legitimatize · to legitimatize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | legitimatizes |
| Present participle | legitimatizing |
| Past simple | legitimatized |
| Past participle | legitimatized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
8 synonymsClose in meaning
Word family
1 related wordsDeriveddelegitimatize
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle