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delegitimates

delegitimates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delegitimate.

Meaning of delegitimate

Verb

delegitimate (third-person singular simple present delegitimates, present participle delegitimating, simple past and past participle delegitimated)

  1. (transitive) To cause (something) not to be legitimate; to make illegitimate, to illegitimize.
    • Equally, the arguments delegitimate rival claims both from insiders […] and from outsiders seeking hegemony over the ‘national’ territory.2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 7
    Synonyms:
    delegitimize

Questions about delegitimates

What is delegitimates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Delegitimates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delegitimate.

Words near delegitimates in the dictionary

  1. delegislates
  2. delegislating
  3. delegislation
  4. delegitimate
  5. delegitimated
  6. delegitimates
  7. delegitimating
  8. delegitimation
  9. delegitimations
  10. delegitimatise
  11. delegitimatised

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