Roleset legitimize.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "to make legal or valid":

Roles:

Arg0:cause of legitimacy


Arg1:entity legitimized

Examples:

person: ns tense: future aspect: ns voice: active form: full


transitive (-)
`` I believe [0] it will do more damage than good because it will legitimize people like Daniel Ortega , '' says [*T*-2] Curtin Windsor , who [*T*-1] served as U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica during the Reagan administration .
Arg0:	it
ArgM-MOD:	will
REL:	legitimize
Arg1:	people like Daniel Ortega

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: participle


adjectival participle (-)
There , Mr. Shevardnadze felt legitimized [*-1] to unveil his own peace plan : The U.S.S.R. would prolong a suspension of arms shipments to Nicaragua after the February election if the U.S. did likewise with its allies in Central America .
Arg1:	[*-1] to unveil his own peace plan -> Mr. Shevardnadze
REL:	legitimized