"legitimize" meaning in All languages combined

See legitimize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ləˈdʒɪtɪmaɪz/ Forms: legitimize [canonical], legitimizes [third-person, singular], legitimized [past], legitimized [past, participle], legitimizing [present, participle]
Etymology: legitimate + -ize Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|legitimate|ize}} legitimate + -ize Head templates: {{verb|legitimiz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you legitimize something, you make it legitimate.
    Sense id: simple-legitimize-en-verb-0i43gxUr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ize
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