legitimizes

The No. 22 next to their name legitimizes their 5-1 start, but they know it doesn't signal their arrival.

The Seattle Times 2011

I wish you would decide what "legitimizes" your stance.

Episcopal Diocese of Forth Worth announces Lenten Series | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

And it also -- by the way, it helps that -- going that way only kind of legitimizes Republicans in arguing that they need to try and stop that, you know, and gives them a little cover rather than saying they're obstructionists, because they can say --

Can Obama Come Back? 2009

Still more strange is the argument, heard even from distinguished professors of law, that civil disobedience against the war "legitimizes" the civil disobedience of Governor Wallace and the Ku Klux Klan.

A Special Supplement: Mayday: The Case for Civil Disobedience Chomsky, Noam 1971

Now we have the White House engaging Rush Limbaugh and suddenly the left has flip flopped on the concept of what "legitimizes" enemies and what doesn't.

RedState 2009

Now we have the White House engaging Rush Limbaugh and suddenly the left has flip flopped on the concept of what "legitimizes" enemies and what doesn't.

The Reality Check 2009

Now we have the White House engaging Rush Limbaugh and suddenly the left has flip flopped on the concept of what "legitimizes" enemies and what doesn't.

The Reality Check 2009

NHMC defined hate speech as speech whose cumulative effect is to create an atmosphere of hate and prejudice that "legitimizes" violence against its targets.

B&C - Breaking News 2009

NHMC defined hate speech as speech whose cumulative effect is to create an atmosphere of hate and prejudice that "legitimizes" violence against its targets.

Reclaim the Media - www.reclaimthemedia.org 2009

Now we have the White House engaging Rush Limbaugh and suddenly the left has flip flopped on the concept of what "legitimizes" enemies and what doesn't.

HERE, THERE AND BACK AGAIN - A Townhall.com user blog 2009