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[ lee-guh-lahyz ] / ˈli gəˌlaɪz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR legalize ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), le·gal·ized, le·gal·iz·ing.to make legal; authorize. Also especially British, le·gal·ise . Origin of legalizeFirst recorded in 1710–20; legal + -ize OTHER WORDS FROM legalizele·gal·i·za·tion, nounun·le·gal·ized, adjectiveWords nearby legalizelegalese, legal holiday, legalism, legalistic, legality, legalize, Le Gallienne, legal list, legal medicine, legal memory, legal pad Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for legalizeThe first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, Denmark still waves its banner high. The Ultimate LGBT Travel Bucket List||December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The residents of Arkansas decide Tuesday whether to legalize the sale of an intoxicating substance statewide. Will Arkansas’ Prohibition Finally End?|Jack Holmes|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Despite the obvious appeal, the odds are long that Arkansas will legalize alcohol statewide in 2014. Will Arkansas’ Prohibition Finally End?|Jack Holmes|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST If the president takes unilateral action to legalize millions of people, King said, “it will create a constitutional crisis.” Steve King: GOP Congress Should Keep Repealing Obamacare|Ben Jacobs|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To paraphrase Peter Tosh, if Illinois were to legalize it, would you advertise it? The Chicago Bulls’ Joakim Noah Sounds Off on Weed, the Weather, and Winning|Bill Schulz|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST But we are told that the courts will not respect this law, for the reason that it seeks to legalize trespass. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884|Various A final effort to legalize slavery in Nova Scotia was made in 1808. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920|Various The Chinese, then, were unable to stop the traffic and unwilling to legalize it. A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade|Charles Reginald Haines The Ashburton treaty was not the law of Canada, because the Government had neglected to legalize it by statute. This conviction or this pretension tends to augment their force amazingly, and contributes no less to legalize their measures. American Institutions and Their Influence|Alexis de Tocqueville et al.
British Dictionary definitions for legalize
verb (tr)to make lawful or legal to confirm or validate (something previously unlawful) Derived forms of legalizelegalization or legalisation, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to legalizeauthorize, decriminalize, codify, constitute, permit, regulate, approve, enact, legitimatize, legislate, decree, license, formulate, ordain, launder, legitimate, sanction, clean up |