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relegitimate

relegitimate verb: to make legitimate again.

Verb

relegitimate (third-person singular simple present relegitimates, present participle relegitimating, simple past and past participle relegitimated)

  1. To make legitimate again.

Forms of relegitimate

third-person singular presentrelegitimates
present participlerelegitimating
past participlerelegitimated
pastrelegitimated

Origin of relegitimate

From re- + legitimate.

Questions about relegitimate

What does relegitimate mean?
Relegitimate means to make legitimate again.
What part of speech is relegitimate?
Relegitimate is a verb.
What is the past tense of relegitimate?
The past tense of relegitimate is relegitimated.

Words near relegitimate in the dictionary

  1. relegislate
  2. relegislated
  3. relegislates
  4. relegislating
  5. relegislation
  6. relegitimate
  7. relegitimated
  8. relegitimates
  9. relegitimating
  10. relegitimation
  11. relegitimations

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