Legitimate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Show or affirm to be just and legitimate.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 2
Make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 3
Make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural child".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- He legitimized their natural child by marrying her mother after years of separation.
- They may decide to legitimate the child in order to provide equal inheritance rights.
- Legitimizing her was the last wish of the dying father, who had spent years away from her.
- If he had married her before the birth of the child, there would have been no need to legitimate them years later.
- When he finally acknowledged his parenthood, he legitimized the child born out of wedlock.