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legalizing

legalizing is the present participle and gerund of legalize.

Meaning of legalize

Verb

legalize (third-person singular simple present legalizes, present participle legalizing, simple past and past participle legalized)

  1. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
    • There is a debate whether or not to legalize some of the softer drugs.
    Synonyms:
    legitimate

Questions about legalizing

What is legalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Legalizing is the present participle and gerund of legalize.

Words near legalizing in the dictionary

  1. legalize
  2. legalized
  3. legalizer
  4. legalizers
  5. legalizes
  6. legalizing
  7. legally
  8. legally binding
  9. legally blind
  10. legalman
  11. legalmen

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