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legitimise

legitimise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize.

Meaning of legitimize

Verb

legitimize (third-person singular simple present legitimizes, present participle legitimizing, simple past and past participle legitimized)

  1. (transitive) To make legitimate.
    Synonyms:
    legitimate

Forms of legitimise

third-person singular presentlegitimises
present participlelegitimising
past participlelegitimised
pastlegitimised

Words formed from legitimise

Questions about legitimise

What is legitimise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Legitimise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize.

Words near legitimise in the dictionary

  1. legitimators
  2. legitime
  3. legitimes
  4. legitimisation
  5. legitimisations
  6. legitimise
  7. legitimised
  8. legitimiser
  9. legitimisers
  10. legitimises
  11. legitimising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legitimise (page history and authors); legitimize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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