legitimatize
[ li-jit-uh-muh-tahyz ]
/ lɪˈdʒɪt ə məˌtaɪz /
verb (used with object), le·git·i·ma·tized, le·git·i·ma·tiz·ing.
to make legitimate.
Also
especially British,
le·git·i·ma·tise.
Origin of legitimatize
First recorded in 1785–95;
legitimate +
-ize
Words nearby legitimatize
legit,
legitim,
legitimacy,
legitimate,
legitimate government,
legitimatize,
legitimist,
legitimize,
leglen,
legless,
legman
Example sentences from the Web for legitimatize
For this, however, there is a remedy—an act of parliament must be procured to legitimatize my children.
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain |William CarletonBut, one will say, if raw experience can not legitimatize reasoning by recurrence, is it so of experiment aided by induction?