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legalize
le·gal·ize [ lg'l z ] (past and past participle le·gal·ized, present participle le·gal·iz·ing, 3rd person present singular le·gal·iz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
make something lawful: to make an activity legal by introducing or changing a law that governs it

le·gal·ized adjective
le·gal·i·za·tion [ lg'li záysh'n ] noun

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See legal.
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