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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
legitimate
adj 1: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful [ant:
illegitimate]
2: based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was
a logical expectation, given the time of year" [syn:
legitimate, logical]
3: in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or
principles; "legitimate advertising practices"
4: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a
legitimate government" [syn: lawful, legitimate, licit]
v 1: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn:
legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise,
legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize,
legitimatise] [ant: criminalise, criminalize,
illegalise, illegalize, outlaw]
2: show or affirm to be just and legitimate
3: make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the
legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural
child"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Legitimate \Le*git"i*mate\ (-m[asl]t), a. [LL. legitimatus, p.
p. of legitimare to legitimate, fr. L. legitimus legitimate.
See Legal.]
1. Accordant with law or with established legal forms and
requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government;
legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the
throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a
legitimate heir.
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2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
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3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfe`t, or
spurious; as,$legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate
inscriptions.
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4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as,
legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a
legitimate combination of colors.
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Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate
English classic. --Macaulay.
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5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a
legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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To enact a statute of that which he dares not seem to
approve, even to legitimate vice. --Milton.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
LEGITIMATE. That which is according to law; as, legitimate children, are
lawful children, born in wedlock, in contradistinction to bastards;
legitimate authority, or lawful power, in opposition to usurpation.
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Thesaurus Results for legitimate:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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