legitimise


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legitimise


Past participle: legitimised
Gerund: legitimising

Imperative
legitimise
legitimise
Present
I legitimise
you legitimise
he/she/it legitimises
we legitimise
you legitimise
they legitimise
Preterite
I legitimised
you legitimised
he/she/it legitimised
we legitimised
you legitimised
they legitimised
Present Continuous
I am legitimising
you are legitimising
he/she/it is legitimising
we are legitimising
you are legitimising
they are legitimising
Present Perfect
I have legitimised
you have legitimised
he/she/it has legitimised
we have legitimised
you have legitimised
they have legitimised
Past Continuous
I was legitimising
you were legitimising
he/she/it was legitimising
we were legitimising
you were legitimising
they were legitimising
Past Perfect
I had legitimised
you had legitimised
he/she/it had legitimised
we had legitimised
you had legitimised
they had legitimised
Future
I will legitimise
you will legitimise
he/she/it will legitimise
we will legitimise
you will legitimise
they will legitimise
Future Perfect
I will have legitimised
you will have legitimised
he/she/it will have legitimised
we will have legitimised
you will have legitimised
they will have legitimised
Future Continuous
I will be legitimising
you will be legitimising
he/she/it will be legitimising
we will be legitimising
you will be legitimising
they will be legitimising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been legitimising
you have been legitimising
he/she/it has been legitimising
we have been legitimising
you have been legitimising
they have been legitimising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been legitimising
you will have been legitimising
he/she/it will have been legitimising
we will have been legitimising
you will have been legitimising
they will have been legitimising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been legitimising
you had been legitimising
he/she/it had been legitimising
we had been legitimising
you had been legitimising
they had been legitimising
Conditional
I would legitimise
you would legitimise
he/she/it would legitimise
we would legitimise
you would legitimise
they would legitimise
Past Conditional
I would have legitimised
you would have legitimised
he/she/it would have legitimised
we would have legitimised
you would have legitimised
they would have legitimised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.legitimise - make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"
countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
monetise, monetize - give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country; "They monetized the lira"
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References in classic literature ?
According to our ridiculous English laws, I can't legitimise Gerald.
Meanwhile, Zardari's youngest daughter Aseefa Bhutto also fired broadside at the government, saying, 'This cowardly selected government thinks throwing opposition into jail will legitimise it.
'Zardari, along with a prominent political personality, approached me and suggested we legitimise the 2007 martial law, imposed by Musharraf towards the end of his tenure, through the Parliament.
Opposition MPs on Thursday accused the government of attempting to legitimise the appointment of the board of the organisation of state health services (Okyy) though an amendment it filed of the law establishing the body.
Much of the anti-Semitic outpourings have been, and are in the guise of anti-Zionism in order to legitimise criticism of Israel while attempting to de-legitimise it.
The case of Mair is one that brings again to the fore the question of whether people are born evil and seek out outlets or causes that legitimise their evil, or whether those outlets and causes can manipulate people into committing evil acts.
They are trying to legitimise (the Sissi administration) in Egypt.
27 -- Dismissing the charge that it was avoiding discussion in Parliament on coal blocks issue, opposition BJP on Sunday accused the Congress of attempting to "legitimise" corruption by holding such a debate in the House and stuck to its demand for the Prime Minister's resignation.
At the end of his sentencing hearing yesterday, Breivik said appealing against the judgment would "legitimise" the court.
The right-wing extremist also said that he will not appeal against the ruling finding him sane and sentencing him to 21 years in jail, because this would 'legitimise' the court.
"The gravity of the Moroccan position is not only in the rejection of self-determination referendum, but in its attempt to distort the very principle of the international right of self-determination, by distorting it unilaterally so to force legitimise a colonial fait accompli," the Sahrawi official stressed at the closing ceremony of the 3rd conference of Madrid Universities on Western Sahara.AaAaAa