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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
legitimize .
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Examples
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His name legitimized me and the film, and kind of contextualized it in a way that made people think this could be commercial.
Brad Balfour: Exclusive: A Sci-Fi Horror Hybrid Comes Alive in Splice 2010
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By revitalizing the oft-dormant offense, McNair once again legitimized the Ravens as Super Bowl contenders.
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Can you also publish an article pointing out how many of these rumors were 'legitimized' by CNN harping on them in their never ending speculation spree?
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When his racist friends were exposed that appeared to elevate his stature in black communities even more and apparently "legitimized" his ethnicity.
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The second question: what to do about prosecuting those who participate in these kinds of behavior when the problem is widespread, systemic or 'legitimized' in one way or another?
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Guantánamo Bay prison and torture "legitimized" cannot stand if humane treatment of prisoners is to matter.
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The Southern slave patrols, on the other hand, were in a way a kind of legitimized lynch law.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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The Cedar Revolution in Lebanon is revealed as a Potemkin village because the real power is Hezbollah - further "legitimized" by the democratic vote.
"This defeat is actually an obvious victory for the Iranian nation." Ann Althouse 2006
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The authoritarian regime imposed a certain order — if that is the right expression for it — on these vices (and in doing so 'legitimized' them, in a sense).
Paradise Lost Wilson, Paul 1992
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As for TV writing being "legitimized" as literature by "The Wire," that, too, feels a little highbrow for me.
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