legalise

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Word parts[change]

legal + -ise

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Plain form
legalise

Third-person singular
legalises

Past tense
legalised

Past participle
legalised

Present participle
legalising

  1. (UK) (law) If something that was against the law is legalised, it becomes allowed under law.
    Canada recently legalised marijuana.

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