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illegitimatize

illegitimatize verb: to illegitimize.

Verb

illegitimatize (third-person singular simple present illegitimatizes, present participle illegitimatizing, simple past and past participle illegitimatized)

  1. (transitive) To illegitimize

Forms of illegitimatize

third-person singular presentillegitimatizes
present participleillegitimatizing
past participleillegitimatized
pastillegitimatized

Origin of illegitimatize

From illegitimate + -ize.

Questions about illegitimatize

What does illegitimatize mean?
Illegitimatize means to illegitimize.
What part of speech is illegitimatize?
Illegitimatize is a verb.
What is the past tense of illegitimatize?
The past tense of illegitimatize is illegitimatized.

Words near illegitimatize in the dictionary

  1. illegitimateness
  2. illegitimates
  3. illegitimating
  4. illegitimation
  5. illegitimations
  6. illegitimatize
  7. illegitimatized
  8. illegitimatizes
  9. illegitimatizing
  10. illegitimise
  11. illegitimised

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