From legitimate + -ize.
- (verb) IPA(key): /ləˈdʒɪtɪmaɪz/
legitimize (third-person singular simple present legitimizes, present participle legitimizing, simple past and past participle legitimized)
- (transitive) To make legitimate.
- Forms of legitimize are about twice as common as forms of the verb legitimate in the US.
- Forms of legitimate are somewhat more common than the forms of the verbs legitimize and legitimise in the UK combined.
to make legitimate
- Belarusian: легітымізава́ць impf or pf (ljehitymizavácʹ), легітымі́раваць impf or pf (ljehitymíravacʹ), узако́ньваць impf (uzakónʹvacʹ), узако́ніць pf (uzakónicʹ)
- Bulgarian: узаконявам (bg) impf (uzakonjavam), узаконя́ pf (uzakonjá)
- Catalan: legitimar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 使合法 (zh) (shǐ héfǎ), 合法化 (zh) (héfǎhuà)
- Dutch: legitimeren (nl)
- Finnish: legitimoida (fi)
- French: légitimiser (fr)
- German: legitimieren (de)
- Italian: legittimare (it)
- Japanese: 合法化する (ごうほうかする, gōhōka suru)
- Portuguese: legitimar (pt)
- Russian: легитими́ровать (ru) impf or pf (legitimírovatʹ), легитимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (legitimizírovatʹ), узако́нивать (ru) impf (uzakónivatʹ), узако́нить (ru) pf (uzakónitʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: legitimirati (sh), opravdati (sh)
- Spanish: legitimar (es), legitimizar
- Swedish: legitimera (sv)
- Turkish: meşrulaştırmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: легітимізува́ти impf or pf (lehitymizuváty), узако́нювати impf (uzakónjuvaty), узако́нити pf (uzakónyty)
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