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Word: Legitimate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘born of parents lawfully married to each other’): from medieval Latin legitimatus ‘made legal’, from the verb legitimare, from Latin legitimus ‘lawful’, from lex, leg- ‘law’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
lɪˈdʒɪtɪˌmeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make lawful or justify
Short Definition:make legitimate
Examples:- the regime was not legitimated by popular support
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