Definition of legitimate

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Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..

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Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
Revolt :: Revolt (n.) The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
Mulierly :: Mulierly (adv.) In the manner or condition of a mulier; in wedlock; legitimately.
Natural :: Natural (a.) Conformed to the order, laws, or actual facts, of nature; consonant to the methods of nature; according to the stated course of things, or in accordance with the laws which govern events, feelings, etc.; not exceptional or violent; legitimate; normal; regular; as, the natural consequence of crime; a natural death..
"""bastard " :: Bastard (n.) A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) 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..
Legitimize :: Legitimize (v. t.) To legitimate.
Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right..
Bastardize :: Bastardize (v. t.) To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
Legitimatize :: Legitimatize (v. t.) To legitimate.
Illegitimatize :: Illegitimatize (v. t.) To render illegitimate; to bastardize.
Miscreate :: Miscreate (a.) Miscreated; illegitimate; forged; as, miscreate titles..
Legitimately :: Legitimately (adv.) In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
By-blow :: By-blow (n.) An illegitimate child; a bastard.
Natural :: Natural (a.) Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child..
Illegitimacy :: Illegitimacy (n.) The state of being illegitimate.
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not legitimately deduced or inferred; illogical; as, an illegitimate inference..
Exploit :: Exploit (n.) Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
Illegitimately :: Illegitimately (adv.) In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.
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