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legitimize
What does legitimize mean?
legitimize (verb): make legal.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce legitimize?
/ləˈdʒɪtəˌmaɪz/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does legitimize come from?
From legitimate + -ize.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of legitimize?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “legitimize”?
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What does “legitimize” mean?
make legal
Right! That's what “legitimize” means.
meet again
Not quite: that's what reconvene means.
make worse
Not quite: that's what aggravate means.
to defraud
Not quite: that's what swindle means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “legitimize”?
legalize
Right!
collapse
Not quite: collapse means something else.
compound
Not quite: compound means something else.
advocate
Not quite: advocate means something else.
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