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English Dictionary: legitimate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for legitimate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
legitimate adj of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful [ant: illegitimate] based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year" Synonym(s): legitimate, logical in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles; "legitimate advertising practices" authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government" Synonym(s): lawful, legitimate, licit v make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized" [syn: legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise] Antonym(s): criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw show or affirm to be just and legitimate make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone); "They legitimized their natural child"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legitimate \Legit"imate\ (-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. 2. Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock. 3. Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions. 4. Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors. Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic. --Macaulay. 5. Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legitimate \Legit"imate\ (-m[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Legitimated} (-m[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legitimating} (-m[amac]`t[icr]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.