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Antonyms for legitimize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : li-jit-uh-mahyz
Phonetic Transcription : lɪˈdʒɪt əˌmaɪz

Definition of legitimize

Origin :
  • 1795, from Latin legitimus (see legitimate) + -ize. Earlier was legitimatize (1791). Related: Legitimized; legitimizing.
  • verb legalize
Example sentences :
  • Very well; I'll legitimize him by marrying the young Clementine.
  • Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About
  • No easy-going doctrines, then, to legitimize vice, says Ozanam.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • If the woman has won you round to legitimize the connection, first, I've a proper claim to see her marriage lines.
  • Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
  • He did not dare ask Charity for a divorce in order that he might legitimize this byblow of his.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • It is time, if they are well founded, to give a solemn stamp to their certainty, and legitimize their existence.
  • Extract from : « The Ruins » by C. F. [Constantin Francois de] Volney
  • Except as a solemn, sacred rite, there was nothing in our marriage to legitimize our child.
  • Extract from : « A Speckled Bird » by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
  • Huysmans it was who gently persuaded Villiers to make a deathbed marriage and legitimize his son.
  • Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
  • A wit, or would-be wit, said of him that he postulated God in order to legitimize the powers of Augustin, his deputy.
  • Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope
  • Thus marriage, as I understand the spirit of the Spanish law, seems to be a simple contract to legitimize and license procreation.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • To legitimize this child she arranged a marriage with Marsay, a bankrupt old gentleman of tarnished reputation.
  • Extract from : « Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z » by Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe

Synonyms for legitimize

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