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Webster 1913 Edition
Legalize
Le′gal-ize
(lē′gal-īz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Legalized
(-īzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Legalizing
(-īˊzĭng)
.] [Cf. F.
légaliser
.] 1.
To make legal.
2.
(Theol.)
To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.
Webster 1828 Edition
Legalize
LE'GALIZE
, v.t.1.
To make lawful; to render conformable to law; to authorize. What can legalize revenge?2.
To sanction; to give the authority of law to that which is done without law or authority. Irregular proceedings may be legalized by a subsequent act of the legislature.