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Make lawful
Answer for the clue "Make lawful ", 8 letters:
legalise
Word definitions for legalise in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Banning drugs mainly promotes crime, so it would be better to legalise , control, tax and discourage them. ▪ Hey, why not legalise them? ▪ However, is it not time to consider the possibility of legalising soft drugs, especially ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalise something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn: legalize , decriminalize , decriminalise , legitimize , legitimise , legitimate , legitimatize , legitimatise ] [ant: outlaw , outlaw , outlaw , outlaw ]
Usage examples of legalise.
The complaisance of the King had legalised so many of the views that Nirienne had favoured for years that former charges of treason and sedition were simply nullified.
Finally the squire, legalising his foible by recognising it, fetched a ladder and a hatchet, and chopped off the boughs with his own hands.
In a country with legalised bookmaking, Marius Tollman might have grown up a respectable law-abiding citizen.