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legitimize

/ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪmaɪz/US/ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪˌmaɪz/

legitimize verb: to make legitimate.

Verb

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

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

legitimize meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

legitimize in Tamil

சட்டமுறைமை உடையதாக்கு, முறைமை உடையதாக்கு

legitimize in Malayalam

authorize, validate, legitimate
നിയമസാധുത്വം നല്കുക, നിയമസാധുത നൽകുക, സാധുവാക്കുക, പ്രാബല്യം നൽകുക, അംഗീകാരം നല്കുക, നിയമവിധേയമാക്കുക

Examples of legitimize in a sentence

  • Estrogen isnt a magic potion that legitimizes your perverted fantasy version of reality.
  • Some argue that it legitimizes the fetishization of trans people and undermines the legitimacy of transgender identities.
  • They also charged that the recommendations legitimized public fear about HIV transmission during surgical or dental procedures.

All 22 example sentences with legitimize

Synonyms of legitimize

Forms of legitimize

third-person singular presentlegitimizes
present participlelegitimizing
past participlelegitimized
pastlegitimized
alternative formlegitimise

Past tense of legitimize: legitimized

Origin of legitimize

From legitimate + -ize.

Words formed from legitimize

Questions about legitimize

What does legitimize mean?
Legitimize means to make legitimate.
What is legitimize in Tamil?
Legitimize in Tamil is சட்டமுறைமை உடையதாக்கு, முறைமை உடையதாக்கு. See Legitimize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is legitimize?
Legitimize is a verb.
How do you pronounce legitimize?
Legitimize is pronounced /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪmaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of legitimize?
The past tense of legitimize is legitimized.

Words near legitimize in the dictionary

  1. legitimists
  2. legitimity
  3. legitimizable
  4. legitimization
  5. legitimizations
  6. legitimize
  7. legitimized
  8. legitimizer
  9. legitimizers
  10. legitimizes
  11. legitimizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: legitimize (page history and authors); legitimize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legitimize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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