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Justify

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to show or prove that something is right, reasonable, or justified
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Stage 1 of 2
justus
Latin · ancient
"just, lawful"
just, right, lawful, combined with facere (to make)
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Stage 2 of 2
justify
English · 1300s
"to show or prove something to be right or reasonable"
settled as the English word for showing something to be right or reasonable
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