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legitimizing

legitimizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about legitimizing

What is legitimizing the present participle and gerund of?
Legitimizing is the present participle and gerund of legitimize.

Words near legitimizing in the dictionary

  1. legitimize
  2. legitimized
  3. legitimizer
  4. legitimizers
  5. legitimizes
  6. legitimizing
  7. legitims
  8. legitly
  9. legitness
  10. legits
  11. Legius syndrome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legitimizing (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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