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legitimize (v.)
1795, from Latin
legitimus
"lawful" (see
legitimate
(adj.)) +
-ize
. Earlier were
legitimatize
(1791),
legitimate
(1590s). Related:
Legitimized
;
legitimizing
;
legitimization
.
