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Legalize vs Authenticate - What's the difference?

legalize | authenticate |

As verbs the difference between legalize and authenticate

is that legalize is (american spelling) while authenticate is to render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.

legalize

English

Alternative forms

* legalise

Verb

(legaliz)
  • (American spelling)

    • Antonyms

    * criminalise, criminalize

    Derived terms

    * (l), (l)

    authenticate

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
  • To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait.

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