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relegalize

relegalize verb: to make legal again.

Verb

relegalize (third-person singular simple present relegalizes, present participle relegalizing, simple past and past participle relegalized)

  1. (transitive) To make legal again.
    • Drinking alcohol was relegalized after the era of Prohibition.

Forms of relegalize

third-person singular presentrelegalizes
present participlerelegalizing
past participlerelegalized
pastrelegalized

Origin of relegalize

From re- + legalize.

Questions about relegalize

What does relegalize mean?
Relegalize means to make legal again.
What part of speech is relegalize?
Relegalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of relegalize?
The past tense of relegalize is relegalized.

Words near relegalize in the dictionary

  1. relegalise
  2. relegalised
  3. relegalises
  4. relegalising
  5. relegalization
  6. relegalize
  7. relegalized
  8. relegalizes
  9. relegalizing
  10. relegate
  11. relegated

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