As verbs the difference between legitimatize and legitimize
is that legitimatize is to make legitimate while legitimize is to make legitimate.
legitimatize
English
Verb
(legitimatiz)
To make legitimate.
To legalize.
legitimize
English
Alternative forms
* legitimise
Verb
(legitimiz)
To make legitimate.
Usage notes
* Forms of (legitimize) ares about twice as common as forms of the verb legitimate in the US.
* Forms of legitimate are somewhat more common than the forms of the verbs (legitimize) and (legitimise) in the UK combined.
Synonyms
* legitimate (verb)
Derived terms
* delegitimize
* illegitimatize
* illegitimize
