legitimized

Critics have long contended that Fox legitimized the election lies.

Their efforts are legitimized by a complacent media powerless to do anything.

“He legitimized Lydia’s Castle from the very beginning.”

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.

Buns, though hardly a deviation from the bathing suits I wore during summer days at the Jersey Shore, legitimized my place in an elite group of Division I runners.