Usually means: Make official, acceptable, or justified.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word legitimise:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. legitimise: Merriam-Webster
  2. legitimise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. legitimise: Vocabulary.com
  4. legitimise: Wordnik
  5. legitimise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. legitimise: Wiktionary
  7. legitimise: Dictionary.com
  8. legitimise: Rhymezone
  9. legitimise: FreeDictionary.org
  10. legitimise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. legitimise: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. legitimise: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. legitimise: Encyclopedia

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▸ verb:  Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of legitimize. [(transitive) To make legitimate.]

Similar:
legitimize, delegitimise, institutionalise, entrench, legitimisation, marginalise, formalise, criminalise, legitimatize, more...

Opposite:
illegitimize, invalidate, discredit, delegitimize

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Similar:
legitimize, delegitimise, institutionalise, entrench, legitimisation, marginalise, formalise, criminalise, legitimatize, more...

Opposite:
illegitimize, invalidate, discredit, delegitimize



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