legitimize

Verb

Synonyms: legalize legalise decriminalize decriminalise legitimise legitimate legitimatize legitimatise

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

make legal“Marijuana should be legalized”Synonyms: legalize legalise decriminalize decriminalise legitimise legitimate legitimatize legitimatise

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Legitimize \Le*git"i*mize\ (l[-e]*j[i^]t"[i^]*m[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Legitimized (-m[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Legitimizing.] To legitimate. [1913 Webster]