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legalize

/ˈliːɡəlaɪz/

/ˈliɡəˌlaɪz/

Translations

legalizeverb

legalized

Past Simple

legalized

Past Participle

legalizing

Gerund

/ˈliːɡəlaɪz/

/ˈliɡəˌlaɪz/

The government plans to legalize the use of medical marijuana.

Правительство планирует легализовать использование медицинской марихуаны.

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Antonyms

legalizeverb

To make something legal or lawful; to authorize or sanction by law.

The government decided to legalize the use of medical marijuana.

To confer legitimacy on (a person or relationship), especially a child, by legal or formal means.

The child was legalized when the couple married three years after his birth.