To legitimize this child she arranged a marriage with Marsay, a bankrupt old gentleman of tarnished reputation.
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and New Mexico) the putative father can legitimize the child by process in court.
To legitimize the child, to compromise me, and prevent a divorce," he thought.
He wants first of all to legitimize his daughter, and to be your husband, to have a legal right to you.
For some years Babylon lay desolate, and as there was no longer a temple or image of Bel to legitimize the rule of the Assyrian conqueror, Babylonia remained 'without kings.
With his empire consolidated in the west, and the road to the Mediterranean open to Assyrian trade, Tiglath-pileser was now free to legitimize his right to the throne by occupying Babylon and there becoming the adopted son of Bel.
But, as the liason between his sister and the Prince became publicly known, the Consul consented at last to legitimize it by a marriage, which took place at Mortefontaine while he was at Boulogne.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "legitimize" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
