- past participle of legitimize.
- past tense form of legitimize.
legitimized
Example Sentences
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The Declaration of Independence legitimized the cause of the rebels but also empowered them to brand loyalists as traitors who could be legally sentenced to death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Medieval belts also managed a celebration of the pregnant silhouette, but devotion to Mary rather than patriotic “populationism” legitimized it.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
“He legitimized Lydia’s Castle from the very beginning.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
Lincoln had to step gingerly, for a declaration of war against his own people was loathsome but more importantly would have legitimized the Confederacy as a nation able to establish diplomatic ties internationally.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
As if her presence legitimized whatever was happening between us—though certainly not to the same degree that the general’s would have.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
