relegitimize
verb
re·le·git·i·mize (ˌ)rē-li-ˈji-tə-ˌmīz 
relegitimized; relegitimizing
transitive verb
: to give new or renewed legitimacy to (something) : to legitimize (something) again
… a means of relegitimizing their authority with their own people.
James H. Billington
James H. Billington
Word History
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
- the Pearly Gates
- the peasantry
- the peerage
- the pen
- the penny drops
- the Pentagon
- the people
- the perfect
- the perimeter
- the personal column
- the personals
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the pick of the bunch
- the pick of the litter
- the picture of
- the picture of health
- the pictures
- the pill
- the pipeline
- the pit of one's stomach
- the pit of one's/the stomach
- the pit of the stomach
- the pits
- the place to be
- the Pledge of Allegiance