Legitimating

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  • v. Present participle of legitimate.
    • Word Usage
    "Of particular relevance to a discussion of GilchristÂ’s interest in legitimating a "cosmopolitan" English and instituting Roman characters as the standard for his orthoepigraphical system is his dedicatory statement within the wildly barbed and eccentric The Orienti-Occidental Tuitionary Pioneer, in which he makes claims for the supreme distinctiveness of his universal mode."
    Equivalent
    legal    rightful    left-handed    lawful    true    lawfully-begotten    morganatic    valid    established    constituted   
    Antonym
    illegitimate    false   
    Verb Form
    legitimated    legitimates    legitimating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    justify    vindicate    change    modify    alter   
    Cross Reference
    lawful    legitimate prejudice    legitimate drama   
    Form
    legitimated    legitimating    delegitimate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lawful    authorized    real    genuine    reasonable    legal    rightful    legitimize   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    legal    lawful    proper    reasonable    honorable   
     
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