legitimate, v.
(legitimated, legitimates, legitimating)
(legitimated, legitimates, legitimating)
make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)
<verb.change>
legitimate
sample sentences
"They legitimized their natural child"verb frames
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derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
show or affirm to be just and legitimate
<verb.communication>
legitimate
verb frames
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derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
make legal
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
decriminalise decriminalize legalise legalize legitimate legitimatise legitimatize legitimise legitimize
sample sentences
"Marijuana should be legalized"verb frames
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antonym
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antonym
lexical pointers
derivationally related form