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  • verb UK Alternative form of legitimize.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb make legal

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Examples

  • Mdladlana not to "legitimise" the April 1 pact by signing it.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • The problem with consultation is that it is being used to simply 'legitimise' decisions already taken.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • While the full integration of Nepad into the AU would "legitimise" the former, and promote awareness of the programme, there are still challenges ahead.

    IOL: News 2010

  • While the full integration of Nepad into the AU would "legitimise" the former, and promote awareness of the programme, there are still challenges ahead.

    IOL: News 2010

  • While the full integration of Nepad into the AU would "legitimise" the former, and promote awareness of the programme, there are still challenges ahead.

    IOL: News 2010

  • While the full integration of Nepad into the AU would "legitimise" the former, and promote awareness of the programme, there are still challenges ahead.

    IOL: News 2010

  • This is the first time aggregators have been included in the NLA's licensing regime - the agency makes clear its aim is to "legitimise" the monitoring industry.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • But the unvarnished truth is that the power (including veto power) that comes with permanent membership has more often been invoked to 'legitimise' unilateral actions (such as the US war on Iraq), cover for friends (as China did for genocidal Sudan or the US did for Israel) or strike deals.

    Daily News & Analysis 2009

  • Even if it can be said to remove some attention from amateur blogging commentators such as yours truly, they add an extra dimension to the debate and help "legitimise" the process as a form of journalism.

    British Blogs 2008

  • Even if it can be said to remove some attention from amateur blogging commentators such as yours truly, they add an extra dimension to the debate and help "legitimise" the process as a form of journalism.

    TD Blog 2008

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