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• v  make legal

• And after they married, why didn't the couple bring her back to Switzerland and legitimize her birth? Was she given up for adoption, as many scholars believe, because she might .
• McConnell and Baker were basically trying to legitimize their association as best they could, but they say that they also had inheritance rights in mind.
• In its all-out embrace of such sales, however, it did legitimize the notion that practically any adult could handle a big fat mortgage.

• legalize
• legalise
• decriminalize
• decriminalise
• legitimise
• legitimate
• legitimatize
• legitimatise

• outlaw
• criminalize
• criminalise

News & Articles

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• Blackhawks vs. Bruins: Is a Place in the NHL Pantheon on the Line for Chicago?
  History will determine how the 2013 Stanley Cup champion will be remembered. Critics may say that a 48-game regular season diminishes the accomplishments of the team that ends up hoisting the Stanley Cup, claiming the 48-game regular season was not enough of a test to legitimize the championship. That would seem to be a claim that is easily debunked, because the level of competition was even ...
  June 12, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• My 2013 Major League Soccer All-Star Ballot
  COMMENTARY | I don't like a single thing about the Major League Soccer All-Star game. It occurs in the middle of the season, it involves European clubs that do not in any way legitimize America's top-flight league, and it is just one of several friendlies involving MLS sides that happen during what should be league match days. The exhibition continues to be a yearly occurrence nevertheless, so I ...
  June 11, 2013 - Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! Sports
• Israel ranks low in international giving
  A philanthropy expert says citizens could actually legitimize the state of Israel as a part of the world family by giving more to support other people. JERUSALEM — Israeli doctors were among the first to set up emergency hospitals in Haiti after its devastating 2010 earthquake. Israel also swiftly dispatched water-purification experts to Japan following the 2011 tsunami and trauma experts to ...
  June 9, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Post-Bulletin
  We need to engage with our allies in Latin America and Europe to encourage Cuba on to the right path,Clinton said in the speech at George Washington University. "But we simply cannot legitimize rogue regimes or weaken American prestige by...
• Tzipi Livni in Reuters South Africa
  We call upon the international community not to participate in this conference, which seeks to legitimize hatred and extremism under the banner of the fight against racism,Livni added.
• Mark Crossley in Buzzle
  This is the traditional way of doing things for the Communist party's propaganda department. They always try to use the information to legitimize the government, and don't try to reflect, summarize experiences or prevent disasters from happening... Li Datong http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Datong&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHNFFC8NaUq-rDfSfhjUzpHQOF9CQ 940 News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.940news.com/nouvelles.php%3Fcat%3D24%26id%3D52171&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFBlaUUdR0RrTvrH99MDOHDP8uEcQ May 21, 2006 57634 76541 legless I would imagine I'll be legless by about midnight - and I will be buying," said Mark Crossley, who became the second goalkeeper to save a penalty in the final when he denied Gary Lineker 17 years ago, and rated this experience among his career...