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legal +‎ -ize

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  • IPA(key): /ˈliːɡəlaɪz/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

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

  1. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
    There is a debate whether or not to legalise some of the softer drugs.

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Galician

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Verb

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legalize

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of legalizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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legalize

  1. inflection of legalizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative