Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to legalize
Participle: legalized
Gerund: legalizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | legalize |
| you | legalize |
| he;she;it | legalizes |
| we | legalize |
| you | legalize |
| they | legalize |
Perfect
| I | have legalized |
| you | have legalized |
| he;she;it | has legalized |
| we | have legalized |
| you | have legalized |
| they | have legalized |
Past
| I | legalized |
| you | legalized |
| he;she;it | legalized |
| we | legalized |
| you | legalized |
| they | legalized |
Pluperfect
| I | had legalized |
| you | had legalized |
| he;she;it | had legalized |
| we | had legalized |
| you | had legalized |
| they | had legalized |
Future
| I | will legalize |
| you | will legalize |
| he;she;it | will legalize |
| we | will legalize |
| you | will legalize |
| they | will legalize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have legalized |
| you | will have legalized |
| he;she;it | will have legalized |
| we | will have legalized |
| you | will have legalized |
| they | will have legalized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | legalize |
| you | legalize |
| he;she;it | legalize |
| we | legalize |
| you | legalize |
| they | legalize |
Perfect
| I | have legalized |
| you | have legalized |
| he;she;it | have legalized |
| we | have legalized |
| you | have legalized |
| they | have legalized |
Imperfect
| I | legalized |
| you | legalized |
| he;she;it | legalized |
| we | legalized |
| you | legalized |
| they | legalized |
Pluperfect
| I | had legalized |
| you | had legalized |
| he;she;it | had legalized |
| we | had legalized |
| you | had legalized |
| they | had legalized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would legalize |
| you | would legalize |
| he;she;it | would legalize |
| we | would legalize |
| you | would legalize |
| they | would legalize |
Perfect
| I | would have legalized |
| you | would have legalized |
| he;she;it | would have legalized |
| we | would have legalized |
| you | would have legalized |
| they | would have legalized |
Imperative
| you | legalize |
| we | Let's legalize |
| you | legalize |
Verbs conjugated like 'legalize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'legalize'
legalise,
Bengalize,
delegalize,
femalize,
feralize,
illegalize,
levelize,
localize,
loyalize,
metalize,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From legal + -ize. Piecewise doublet of loyalize.
Sample Sentences
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There is a debate whether or not to legalize some of the softer drugs.
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This is true despite the fact that in 1986, the federal government legalized the cashability of RRSP annuities. [1987, Dian Cohen, Money, page 155:]
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Legislative reform campaigns aimed at restricting foreign immigration, mandating state institutionalization of the biologically unfit, and legalizing eugenical involuntary sterilization. [2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 71:]
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But now a legislative battle looms over the gun lobby’s brazen counterinitiative to legalize concealed weapons on campus. [2007 August 22, “Virginia’s Gun Market”, in The New York Times:]
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State lawmakers approved a bill on Tuesday that legalizes the drug for adults 21 and older and moves toward the creation of a potential $4.2 billion industry that could become one of the nation’s largest markets. [2021 September 23, Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Troy Closson, “New York Has Legalized Marijuana. Here’s What to Know.”, in The New York Times:]