He lent legitimacy to government and elegance to the governed.

Security Council approval - 9 of 15 votes are needed - would lend international legitimacy to a war.

Economic technocracy cannot by itself lend legitimacy to the government.

"On the other hand, we don't want to lend legitimacy to the wrong people."

In recent years there have been attempts to lend greater legitimacy to the group.

The American presence in Iraq does lend popular legitimacy to the terrorists that they would not otherwise have.

"The officials in the Afghan regime want to lend legitimacy to their role," the official said.

At the very least, public financing lends legitimacy to any candidacy.

I suppose that would, somehow, lend legitimacy to my relationship with Sahra.

"The Supreme Court is the one body with the prestige to lend legitimacy to any decision."