legalize

English

Alternative forms

• legalise

Etymology

legal +‎ -ize

Verb

1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of legalise
   • before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons

     If anything can legalize revenge, it should be injury from an extremely obliged person; but revenge is so absolutely the peculiar of heaven.

Antonyms

• criminalise, criminalize

Pronunciation

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Derived terms

• legalisation, legalization

Translations

legalise — see legalise

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Portuguese

Verb

legalize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of legalizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of legalizar
3. first-person singular imperative of legalizar
4. third-person singular imperative of legalizar