legalize

English

Alternative forms

legalise

Etymology

Verb

legalize (third-person singular simple present legalizes, present participle legalizing, simple past and past participle legalized)

(American) Alternative spelling of legalise
- before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons
  If anything can legalize revenge, it should be injury from an extremely obliged person; but revenge is so absolutely the peculiar of heaven.

Antonyms

criminalise, criminalize

Derived terms

legalisation, legalization

Translations

legalise — see legalise

Portuguese

Verb

legalize

first-person singular present subjunctive of legalizar
third-person singular present subjunctive of legalizar
first-person singular imperative of legalizar
third-person singular imperative of legalizar

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