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Legitimize   /lədʒˈɪtəmˌaɪz/  /lɪdʒˈɪtəmˌaɪz/   Listen
Legitimize

verb
(past & past part. legitimized; pres. part. legitimizing)
1.
Make legal.  Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise.  Antonyms: criminalise, criminalize, outlaw.





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... applications received on the very first day. However, the question of the Tiadaghton came to be a source of real contention. The ambiguity of the Indian references to the western boundary of the first Stanwix Treaty led the eager settlers, who were seeking to legitimize claims in the area between Lycoming and Pine creeks, to favor Pine Creek. There was ...
— The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 - A Study of Frontier Ethnography • George D. Wolf


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