The Collaborative International Dictionary
Legitimating
Legitimate \Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Legitimated (-m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Legitimating (-m[=a]`t[i^]ng).] To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child.
To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to
approve, even to legitimate vice.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
legitimating
vb. (present participle of legitimate English)
Usage examples of "legitimating".
Dezi said, “I am glad you declared your intention of legitimating your sons, or are you?
He would have a hard time legitimating Atalarikhos, too, for the same reasons.