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delegalize

delegalize verb: to make no longer legal.

Verb

delegalize (third-person singular simple present delegalizes, present participle delegalizing, simple past and past participle delegalized)

  1. (transitive) To make no longer legal.

Forms of delegalize

third-person singular presentdelegalizes
present participledelegalizing
past participledelegalized
pastdelegalized
alternative formdelegalise

Origin of delegalize

From de- + legalize.

Questions about delegalize

What does delegalize mean?
Delegalize means to make no longer legal.
What part of speech is delegalize?
Delegalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of delegalize?
The past tense of delegalize is delegalized.

Words near delegalize in the dictionary

  1. delegalise
  2. delegalised
  3. delegalises
  4. delegalising
  5. delegalization
  6. delegalize
  7. delegalized
  8. delegalizes
  9. delegalizing
  10. delegant
  11. delegants

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