legalize

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LE'GALIZE, verb transitive 1. To make lawful; to render conformable to law; to authorize. What can legalize revenge? 2. To sanction; to give the authority of law to that which is done without law or authority. Irregular proceedings may be legalized by a subsequent act of the legislature.
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