legitimating
Sayli-JIT-i-may-ting/lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.meɪt.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of legitimate. Use this form for the ongoing act of making something seem right, legal, or accepted.
The council kept legitimating its power by holding fake elections.
Legitimating their rule took years of careful effort.
Note
legitimating is a form of legitimate
legitimate, verb: To make something lawful, or to give a child full legal rights. Full entry
- Forms
- legitimatelegitimates he/she/itlegitimating -ing formlegitimated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- legitimate → legitimating: drop the e, add -ing
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