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legitimise VB trans Brit, Aus, legitimize [ləˈdʒɪt̬əmaɪz, Brit lɪˈdʒɪt-] VB trans

1. legitimise (make legal):

legitimise

2. legitimise (justify):

legitimise

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This action may have been a part of a public relations campaign to legitimise the group. en.wikipedia.org

It artfully combined landscape and history painting, thereby legitimising the former. en.wikipedia.org

De jure this acquisition had to be legitimised by imperial feoffment. en.wikipedia.org

The divorce was granted, but the requests to remarry and legitimise her children were refused. en.wikipedia.org

She was legitimised in 1693 when she was twenty-five. en.wikipedia.org

Entities that are recognised by only a minority of the world's states usually reference the declarative doctrine to legitimise their claims. en.wikipedia.org

This type of photography helped establish a racial anthropology that contributed to the acceptance of the racial hierarchy that helped legitimise colonisation. en.wikipedia.org

His first wife agreed to a divorce as the guilty party so that he and his mistress could marry and their child could be legitimised. en.wikipedia.org

His ruthless and violent pursuit of leads only points out the small-time tawdriness of the organisation he hopes to legitimise. en.wikipedia.org

Arrangements to legitimise the station were discussed in 1978 but failed. en.wikipedia.org

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