Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LE'GAL-IZE
LE'GAL-IZE, v.i.
- To make lawful; to render conformable to law; to authorize. What can legalize revenge?
- 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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