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Meanings of legitimise in English

Portuguese
legitimar
Catalan
legitimar
Spanish
legitimar

Make legal.

legitimar
Usage of legitimise in English
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Indeed, we have to legitimise fear in order to make necessary changes.
The Guardian
2
You don't even have the cultural background that could legitimise religious belief.
Radio NZ
3
The impact of this strategy is to legitimise those driven by hatred.
The Guardian
4
They agree the law has to change to legitimise the tactics.
The Guardian
5
This is the sanction invoked to legitimise every adventure in invasion and colonisation.
The Open Secret of Ireland
6
Did it help legitimise her fantasies with the sense of her artistic eye?
The Guardian
7
He would have a son and the King would legitimise him.
The Truce of God
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A stage and a microphone amplifies, broadcasts and seems to legitimise targeting ugliness.
The Guardian
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But by doing so, he has helped to legitimise her populism.
The Guardian
10
However, he said he would not appeal as that would also legitimise the decision.
BBC
11
We cannot let our Nobel legacy legitimise it, he said.
The Guardian
12
Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats demanded an immediate snap election to legitimise Mr Blair's successor.
The Guardian
13
It is already clear that the declaration is being used to legitimise a libertarian agenda.
The Guardian
14
Perhaps it wasn't the shrewdest move to legitimise a repressive state that sponsored international terrorism.
The Irish Times
15
It was an attempt to copperfasten partition and legitimise British rule in Ireland, she claimed.
The Irish Times
16
Media anti-gay onslaughts helped legitimise and reinforce a hostile environment for gay and bisexual people.
The Guardian
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