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Grammar : Verb
Spell : lee-guh-lahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈli gəˌlaɪz



Definition of legalize

Origin :
  • 1716, from legal + -ize. Related: Legalized; legalizing.
  • verb allow, validate
Example sentences :
  • Suppose, for instance, England should legalize slaving, again.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • A final effort to legalize slavery in Nova Scotia was made in 1808.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various
  • Suppose we were to legalize these contracts and permit the establishment of monopolies.
  • Extract from : « Monopolies and the People » by Charles Whiting Baker
  • If the Legislature had the right to legalize it, they had the right to reject it.
  • Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • But by what steps should he proceed, to legalize the course he proposed?
  • Extract from : « The History of the Post Office in British North America » by William Smith
  • Of course it did not legalize it in the North American colonies.
  • Extract from : « The Unconstitutionality of Slavery » by Lysander Spooner
  • The geographical jurisdiction will, in all cases, legalize the proceedings.
  • Extract from : « The Principles of Masonic Law » by Albert G. Mackey
  • A Bill introduced in 1924 into the Senate to legalize sterilization of mental defectives, &c., was rejected.
  • Extract from : « Mental Defectives and Sexual Offenders » by W. H. Triggs, Donald McGavin, Frederick Truby King, J. Sands Elliot, Ada G. Patterson, C.E. Matthews and J. Beck
  • She only had to refuse to legalize their marriage, to part from him for ever, and all would be well with him thenceforward.
  • Extract from : « Two on a Tower » by Thomas Hardy
  • We are always making God our accomplice, that so we may legalize our own iniquities.
  • Extract from : « Amiel's Journal » by Henri-Frdric Amiel

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