legalize

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Word parts[change]

legal + -ize

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Plain form
legalize

Third-person singular
legalizes

Past tense
legalized

Past participle
legalized

Present participle
legalizing

  1. (US) (law) If something that was against the law is legalized, it becomes allowed under law.
    There has been a recent push to legalize marijuana in the United States.

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